2 Samuel 7:1-17

God’s Promise to David

1 After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
3 Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you.”
4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying:
5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?
6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling.
7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’
8 “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.
9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.
10 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning
11 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders[a] over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. “ ‘The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you:
12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.
15 But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[b] ; your throne will be established forever.’ ”
17 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

Cross References 45

  • 1. 2 Samuel 6:3; 1 Chronicles 17:1
  • 2. ver 11
  • 3. 1 Chronicles 22:18
  • 4. 2 Samuel 12:1; 1 Kings 1:8,22; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29
  • 5. 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:1,2,7; 1 Kings 9:1; 2 Chronicles 8:1; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4
  • 6. S Exodus 26:1; Psalms 132:3; Acts 7:45-46
  • 7. S 1 Samuel 10:7; Psalms 132:1-5
  • 8. 1 Kings 8:19; 1 Chronicles 22:8
  • 9. 1 Kings 5:3-5; 1 Chronicles 28:3
  • 10. Acts 7:45
  • 11. Exodus 40:18,34; Joshua 18:1
  • 12. 1 Kings 8:16
  • 13. Deuteronomy 23:14
  • 14. S 2 Samuel 5:2
  • 15. 1 Kings 8:27; Isaiah 66:1
  • 16. Leviticus 26:11-12
  • 17. S 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Chronicles 21:17; Psalms 74:1; Amos 7:15
  • 18. S 1 Samuel 2:7-8; S 1 Samuel 9:16; S 1 Samuel 16:1; S 2 Samuel 6:21
  • 19. Psalms 78:70-72; 2 Corinthians 6:18*
  • 20. S 1 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 5:10
  • 21. Psalms 18:37-42
  • 22. S Exodus 11:3
  • 23. S Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 5:1-7
  • 24. 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Chronicles 33:8
  • 25. Psalms 89:22-23
  • 26. Psalms 147:14; Isaiah 54:14; Isaiah 60:18
  • 27. S Judges 2:16; 1 Samuel 12:9-11
  • 28. ver 1
  • 29. 1 Kings 2:24
  • 30. 1 Samuel 25:28; Psalms 89:35-37; S Matthew 1:1; Luke 1:32-33; Acts 13:22-23; 2 Timothy 2:8
  • 31. ver 27; S Exodus 1:21; Isaiah 7:2
  • 32. S Genesis 15:15; 1 Kings 2:1; Acts 13:36
  • 33. 1 Kings 8:20; Psalms 132:11-12; Jeremiah 30:21; Jeremiah 33:15
  • 34. 2 Chronicles 23:3
  • 35. S Deuteronomy 12:5; 1 Kings 6:12
  • 36. Deuteronomy 16:11; 1 Kings 5:5; 1 Kings 8:19,29; 2 Kings 21:4,7
  • 37. ver 16; S Genesis 9:16; 2 Samuel 22:51; 1 Kings 2:4,45; 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:6; 2 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 7:18; 2 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Ps 89:3-4,29,35-37; Proverbs 25:5; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 16:5; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 33:17,21; Daniel 7:27
  • 38. Psalms 2:7; Psalms 89:26; Jeremiah 3:19; S Matthew 3:17; John 1:49; 2 Corinthians 6:18*; Hebrews 1:5*; Revelation 21:7
  • 39. S Deuteronomy 8:5; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Chronicles 22:10; Hebrews 12:7
  • 40. Psalms 89:30-33; Proverbs 13:24
  • 41. ver 25; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 6:12; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 9:5; 1 Kings 11:13,32; 2 Kings 19:34; 2 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 7:18; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalms 89:24,33; Jeremiah 33:17
  • 42. S 1 Samuel 13:13; S 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 15:23,28
  • 43. Psalms 89:36-37; S Luke 1:33
  • 44. Psalms 9:7; Psalms 93:2; Psalms 103:19
  • 45. S ver 13

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Traditionally "judges"
  • [b]. Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts "you"
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