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The Lord’s Covenant with David
Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
Nathan replied to David, “Do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”
But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
But that same night God said to Nathan,
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.
For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.
I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. My home has always been a tent, moving from one place to another in a Tabernacle.
In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel’s leaders, the shepherds of my people. I have never asked them, “Why haven’t you built me a beautiful cedar house?”’
Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel,
“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.
and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
I 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!
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,
And 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,
from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.
starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will defeat all your enemies.
“‘Furthermore, I declare that the LORD will build a house for you — a dynasty of kings!
“‘Furthermore, I declare that the LORD will build a house for you — a dynasty of kings!
When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
For when you die and join your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.
He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
He is the one who will build a house — a temple — for me. And I will secure his throne forever.
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my favor from him as I took it from the one who ruled before you.
but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’”
I will confirm him as king over my house and my kingdom for all time, and his throne will be secure forever.’”
In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the LORD had said in this vision.
David’s Prayer
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
David’s Prayer of Thanks
Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed,
“Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.
“What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.
For your servant’s sake, O Lord, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
For the sake of your servant, O LORD, and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known.
There is none like you, O Lord, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
“O LORD, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations that stood in their way.
And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
And now, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken,
“And now, O LORD, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. May it be a promise that will last forever.
and your name will be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.
And may your name be established and honored forever so that everyone will say, ‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God!’ And may the house of your servant David continue before you forever.
For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.
“O my God, I have been bold enough to pray to you because you have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him — a dynasty of kings!
And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
For you are God, O LORD. And you have promised these good things to your servant.
Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O Lord, who have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
And now, it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, so that it will continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing, O LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”