2 Samuel 7:8-16

8“Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth!

10And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t oppress them as they’ve done in the past,

11starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. “‘Furthermore, the Lord declares that he will make a house for you—a dynasty of kings!

12For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.

13He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.

14I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.

15But my favor will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from your sight.

16Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’”