New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 7:2-17

2that the king said to 1Nathan the prophet, “See now, I live in 2a house of cedar, but the ark of God 3remains within the tent.” 3Nathan said to the king, “4Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

4But in the same night, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 5“Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “5Should you build Me a house for My dwelling? 6For 6I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; rather, I have been moving about 7in a tent, that is, in a dwelling place. 7 8Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, 9whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’ 8Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “10I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, 11to be leader over My people Israel. 9And 12I have been with you wherever you have gone, and 13have eliminated all your enemies from you; I will also make a great name for you, like the names of the great men who 14are on the earth. 10And I will establish a place for My people Israel, and 15will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, 16nor will 17malicious people oppress them anymore as previously, 11even 18from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and 19I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that 20the Lord will make a house for you. 12 21When your days are finished and you 22 23lie down with your fathers, 24I will raise up your 25descendant after you, who will come from 26you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 27He shall build a house for My name, and 28I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 29I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; 30when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind, 15but My favor shall not depart from him, 31as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from you. 16 32Your house and your kingdom shall endure before 33Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” 17In accordance with all these words and all of this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 7:2 2 Sam 7:17; 12:1; 1 Kin 1:22; 1 Chr 29:29; 2 Chr 9:29 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 7:2 2 Sam 5:11 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 7:2 Ex 26:1 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 7:3 1 Kin 8:17, 18; 1 Chr 22:7 ↩
5. 2 Samuel 7:5 1 Kin 5:3, 4; 8:19 ↩
6. 2 Samuel 7:6 Josh 18:1; 1 Kin 8:16 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 7:6 Ex 40:18, 34 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 7:7 Lev 26:11, 12 ↩
9. 2 Samuel 7:7 2 Sam 5:2 ↩
10. 2 Samuel 7:8 1 Sam 16:11, 12; Ps 78:70, 71 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 7:8 2 Sam 6:21 ↩
12. 2 Samuel 7:9 1 Sam 5:10 ↩
13. 2 Samuel 7:9 Ps 18:37-42 ↩
14. 2 Samuel 7:9 Or were ↩
15. 2 Samuel 7:10 Ex 15:17; Is 5:2, 7 ↩
16. 2 Samuel 7:10 Ps 89:22, 23; Is 60:18 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 7:10 Lit sons of malice ↩
18. 2 Samuel 7:11 Judg 2:14-16; 1 Sam 12:9-11 ↩
19. 2 Samuel 7:11 2 Sam 7:1 ↩
20. 2 Samuel 7:11 1 Sam 25:28; 2 Sam 7:27 ↩
21. 2 Samuel 7:12 1 Kin 2:1 ↩
22. 2 Samuel 7:12 I.e., die ↩
23. 2 Samuel 7:12 Deut 31:16; Acts 13:36 ↩
24. 2 Samuel 7:12 1 Kin 8:20; Ps 132:11 ↩
25. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed ↩
26. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels ↩
27. 2 Samuel 7:13 1 Kin 6:12; 8:19 ↩
28. 2 Samuel 7:13 Is 9:7; 49:8 ↩
29. 2 Samuel 7:14 Ps 89:26, 27; 2 Cor 6:18; Heb 1:5 ↩
30. 2 Samuel 7:14 1 Kin 11:34; Ps 89:30-33 ↩
31. 2 Samuel 7:15 1 Sam 15:23; 16:14 ↩
32. 2 Samuel 7:16 2 Sam 7:13; Ps 89:36, 37 ↩
33. 2 Samuel 7:16 As in LXX and some ancient mss; MT you ↩

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