Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 7:1 (show verse)
The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.
2 Samuel 7:2 (show verse)
The king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent."
2 Samuel 7:3 (show verse)
Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you."
2 Samuel 7:4 (show verse)
That night the Lord told Nathan,
2 Samuel 7:5 (show verse)
"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?
2 Samuel 7:6 (show verse)
I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.
2 Samuel 7:7 (show verse)
Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, "Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?"'
2 Samuel 7:8 (show verse)
"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.
2 Samuel 7:9 (show verse)
I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.
2 Samuel 7:10 (show verse)
I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning
2 Samuel 7:11 (show verse)
and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.
2 Samuel 7:12 (show verse)
When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:13 (show verse)
He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
2 Samuel 7:14 (show verse)
I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.
2 Samuel 7:15 (show verse)
But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
2 Samuel 7:16 (show verse)
Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'"
2 Samuel 7:17 (show verse)
Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.
2 Samuel 7:18 (show verse)
King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?
2 Samuel 7:19 (show verse)
And you didn't stop there, O Lord God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Lord God?
2 Samuel 7:20 (show verse)
What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!
2 Samuel 7:21 (show verse)
For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.
2 Samuel 7:22 (show verse)
Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!
2 Samuel 7:23 (show verse)
Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.
2 Samuel 7:24 (show verse)
You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.
2 Samuel 7:25 (show verse)
So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,
2 Samuel 7:26 (show verse)
so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you,
2 Samuel 7:27 (show verse)
for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told your servant, 'I will build you a dynastic house.' That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.
2 Samuel 7:28 (show verse)
Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant!
2 Samuel 7:29 (show verse)
Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed on into the future!"