--- title: 2 Samuel 7 slug: kjv/2-samuel-7 createdAt: 2024-08-14T02:23:23.216Z --- **1 **And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; **2 **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. **3 **And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that *is* in thine heart; for the LORD *is* with thee. **4 **And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, **5 **Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? **6 **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. **7 **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? **8 **Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: **9 **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. **10 **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, **11 **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 LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. **12 **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. **13 **He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. **14 **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: **15 **But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took *it* from Saul, whom I put away before thee. **16 **And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. **17 **According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. **18 **Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who *am* I, O Lord GOD? and what *is* my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? **19 **And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; 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 GOD? **20 **And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. **21 **For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know *them*. **22 **Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for *there is* none like thee, neither *is there any* God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. **23 **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? **24 **For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel *to be* a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. **25 **And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish *it* for ever, and do as thou hast said. **26 **And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts *is* the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. **27 **For thou, O LORD 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. **28 **And now, O Lord GOD, thou *art* that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: **29 **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 GOD, hast spoken *it*: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.