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God's Covenant with David
And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.
And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.
Nathan replied to David, “Do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”
And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.
But that same night God said to Nathan,
And it came to pass that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
“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.
Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
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.
for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].
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?”’
In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?
“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 now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel;
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 have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth.
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,
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness waste them any more, as formerly,
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!
and since the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I will subdue all thine enemies; and I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.
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.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He is the one who will build a house — a temple — for me. And I will secure his throne forever.
It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
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.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son; and I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
I will confirm him as king over my house and my kingdom for all time, and his throne will be secure forever.’”
and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.
So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the LORD had said in this vision.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
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?
David's Prayer
And king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said, Who am I, Jehovah Elohim, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said, Who am I, Jehovah Elohim, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And this hath been a small thing in thy sight, O God; and thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, Jehovah Elohim.
“What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.
What can David [say] more to thee for the glory of thy servant? thou indeed knowest thy servant.
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.
Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
“O LORD, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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 who is like thy people Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.
“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 now, Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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.
Let it even be established, and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
“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!
For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to pray before thee.
For you are God, O LORD. And you have promised these good things to your servant.
And now, Jehovah, thou art that God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;
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!”
and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed [it], and it shall be blessed for ever.