2 Samuel 7:5-16
New American Standard Bible
5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “(A)Should you build Me a house for My dwelling? 6 For (B)I 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 (C)in a tent, that is, in a dwelling place. 7 (D)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, (E)whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
God’s Covenant with David
8 Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “(F)I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, (G)to be leader over My people Israel. 9 And (H)I have been with you wherever you have gone, and (I)have eliminated all your enemies from you; I will also make a great name for you, like the names of the great men who [a]are on the earth. 10 And I will establish a place for My people Israel, and (J)will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, (K)nor will [b]malicious people oppress them anymore as previously, 11 even (L)from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and (M)I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that (N)the Lord will make a house for you. 12 (O)When your days are finished and you [c](P)lie down with your fathers, (Q)I will raise up your [d]descendant after you, who will come from [e]you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (R)He shall build a house for My name, and (S)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (T)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; (U)when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind, 15 but My favor shall not depart from him, (V)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from you. 16 (W)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [f]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Samuel 7:9 Or were
- 2 Samuel 7:10 Lit sons of malice
- 2 Samuel 7:12 I.e., die
- 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed
- 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels
- 2 Samuel 7:16 As in LXX and some ancient mss; MT you
1 Kings 9:4
New American Standard Bible
4 As for you, (A)if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and honesty, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My ordinances,
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