2 Samuel 7:1-16 - Yahweh Makes A Covenant With David

¹ Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side; ² The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.

³ And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.

⁴ Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, ⁵ Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me? ⁶ For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent. ⁷ In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

⁸ Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel: ⁹ And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth. ¹⁰ And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first, ¹¹ From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings. ¹² And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. ¹³ He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. ¹⁴ I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; ¹⁵ But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. ¹⁶ And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.