And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is* in thine heart; for the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** is* with thee.
¶ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** came unto Nathan, saying,
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
Whereas I have not dwelt in any* house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
In all the places* wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men* that are* in the earth.
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be* over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it* from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, and he said, Who am* I, O Lord \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w**? and what is* my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w**; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is* this the manner of man, O Lord \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w**?
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w**, knowest thy servant.
For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them*.
Wherefore thou art great, O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** God: for there is* none like thee, neither is there any* God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
And what one nation in the earth is* like thy people, even* like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from* the nations and their gods?
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be* a people unto thee for ever: and thou, \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, art become their God.
And now, O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it* for ever, and do as thou hast said.
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** of hosts is* the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
For thou, O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
And now, O Lord \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w**, thou art* that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w**, hast spoken it:* and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.