Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 7:1 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:2 (show verse)
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”
2 Samuel 7:3 (show verse)
Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”
2 Samuel 7:4 (show verse)
But in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
2 Samuel 7:5 (show verse)
“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?
2 Samuel 7:6 (show verse)
For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle.
2 Samuel 7:7 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:8 (show verse)
“Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
2 Samuel 7:9 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:10 (show verse)
I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly,
2 Samuel 7:11 (show verse)
even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you.
2 Samuel 7:12 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:13 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:14 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:15 (show verse)
but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
2 Samuel 7:16 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:17 (show verse)
In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
2 Samuel 7:18 (show verse)
Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
2 Samuel 7:19 (show verse)
And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord God.
2 Samuel 7:20 (show verse)
Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord God!
2 Samuel 7:21 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:22 (show verse)
For this reason You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Samuel 7:23 (show verse)
And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?
2 Samuel 7:24 (show verse)
For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O Lord, have become their God.
2 Samuel 7:25 (show verse)
Now therefore, O Lord God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken,
2 Samuel 7:26 (show verse)
2 Samuel 7:27 (show verse)
For You, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You.
2 Samuel 7:28 (show verse)
Now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.
2 Samuel 7:29 (show verse)
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord God, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”