2 Samuel 7:11-29

Legacy Standard Bible

¹¹ even ^(A)from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and ^(B)I will give you rest from all your enemies. Yahweh also declares to you that ^(C)Yahweh will make a house for you. ^12 (D)When your days are fulfilled and you ^(E)lie down with your fathers, ^(F)I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will come forth from ^[a]your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. ^13 (G)He shall build a house for My name, and ^(H)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ^14 (I)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; ^(J)when he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod of men and the strikes from the sons of men, ¹⁵ but My lovingkindness shall not be removed from him, ^(K)as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. ^16 (L)And your house and your kingdom shall ^[b]endure before ^[c]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” ¹⁷ According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David Magnifies Yahweh’s Name

¹⁸ Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh, and he said, “^(M)Who am I, O Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? ¹⁹ And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord Yahweh, ^(N)for You have spoken also of the house of Your slave concerning the distant future. And ^(O)this is the law of man, O Lord Yahweh. ²⁰ And again what more can David say to You? And ^(P)You know Your slave, O Lord Yahweh! ^21 (Q)For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your slave know. ²² For this reason ^(R)You are great, O Lord Yahweh; for ^(S)there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, ^(T)according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²³ And ^(U)what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and ^(V)to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before ^(W)Your people whom ^(X)You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? ²⁴ Yet ^(Y)You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and ^(Z)You, O Yahweh, have become their God. ²⁵ So now, O Yahweh God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as You have spoken, ^26 (AA)that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of Your ^[d]servant David shall be established before You. ²⁷ For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave, saying, ‘^(AB)I will build you a house’; therefore Your slave has found courage in his heart to pray this prayer to You. ²⁸ So now, O Lord Yahweh, You are God, and ^(AC)Your words are truth, and You have ^[e]promised this good thing to Your slave. ²⁹ So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and ^(AD)with Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever.”