2 Samuel 7:8-16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸ “Now this is what you are to say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.^{(A) 9} I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land.^{(B) 10} I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them,^(C) so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not afflict them as they have done ¹¹ ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel.^(D) I will give you rest from all your enemies.

“‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord Himself will make a house for you. ¹² When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.^{(E) 13} He will build a house for My name,^(F) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^{(G) 14} I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me.^(H) When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others. ¹⁵ But My faithful love will never leave him^(I) as I removed it from Saul; I removed him from your way.^{(J) 16} Your house and kingdom will endure before Me^[a] forever,^(K) and your throne will be established forever.’”^(L)