God’s Covenant with David (2 Samuel 7:1–17)
1 AKJV Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, See, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains. BSB BSB: After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
2 AKJV Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you. BSB BSB: And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
3 AKJV And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, BSB BSB: But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 AKJV Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me an house to dwell in: BSB BSB: “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
5 AKJV For I have not dwelled in an house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. BSB BSB: For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
6 AKJV Wherever I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me an house of cedars? BSB BSB: In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
7 AKJV Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel: BSB BSB: Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
8 AKJV And I have been with you wherever you have walked, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. BSB BSB: I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
9 AKJV Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, BSB BSB: And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
10 AKJV And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you an house. BSB BSB: and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
11 AKJV And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. BSB BSB: And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
12 AKJV He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever. BSB BSB: He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
13 AKJV I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you: BSB BSB: I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
14 AKJV But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for ever more. BSB BSB: But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
15 AKJV According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. BSB BSB: So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving (2 Samuel 7:18–29)
16 AKJV And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me till now? BSB BSB: Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
17 AKJV And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. BSB BSB: And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
18 AKJV What can David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant. BSB BSB: What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
19 AKJV O LORD, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. BSB BSB: O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.
20 AKJV O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. BSB BSB: O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
21 AKJV And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people whom you have redeemed out of Egypt? BSB BSB: And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
22 AKJV For your people Israel did you make your own people for ever; and you, LORD, became their God. BSB BSB: For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
23 AKJV Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as you have said. BSB BSB: And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
24 AKJV Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David your servant be established before you. BSB BSB: so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
25 AKJV For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him an house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you. BSB BSB: For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
26 AKJV And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant: BSB BSB: And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
27 AKJV Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you for ever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. BSB BSB: So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
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