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2 Samuel 7:18 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 When King David was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,
2 the king summoned Nathan the prophet. "Look," David said, "I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!"
3 Nathan replied to the king, "Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you."
4 But that same night the LORD said to Nathan,
5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?
6 I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. I have always moved from one place to another with a tent and a Tabernacle as my dwelling.
7 Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, "Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?"'
8 "Now go and say to my servant David, 'This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth!
10 And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past,
11 starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. " 'Furthermore, the LORD declares that he will make a house for you-- a dynasty of kings!
12 For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.
13 He is the one who will build a house-- a temple-- for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.
15 But my favor will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from your sight.
16 Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.' "
17 So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the LORD had said in this vision.
18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed, "Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
19 And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign LORD?
20 "What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD.
21 Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.
22 "How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
23 What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way.
24 You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
25 "And now, O LORD God, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. Confirm it as a promise that will last forever.
26 And may your name be honored forever so that everyone will say, 'The LORD of Heaven's Armies is God over Israel!' And may the house of your servant David continue before you forever.
27 "O LORD of Heaven's Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, 'I will build a house for you-- a dynasty of kings!'
28 For you are God, O Sovereign LORD. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
29 And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!"
1 And it came to pass, H1961 when H3588 the king H4428 sat H3427 in his house, H1004 and the LORD H3068 had given him rest H5117 round about H4480 H5439 from all H4480 H3605 his enemies; H341
2 That the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 Nathan H5416 the prophet, H5030 See H7200 now, H4994 I H595 dwell H3427 in a house H1004 of cedar, H730 but the ark H727 of God H430 dwelleth H3427 within H8432 curtains. H3407
3 And Nathan H5416 said H559 to H413 the king, H4428 Go, H1980 do H6213 all H3605 that H834 is in thine heart; H3824 for H3588 the LORD H3068 is with H5973 thee.
4 And it came to pass H1961 that H1931 night, H3915 that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 Nathan, H5416 saying, H559
5 Go H1980 and tell H559 H413 my servant H5650 David, H1732 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Shalt thou H859 build H1129 me a house H1004 for me to dwell H3427 in?
6 Whereas H3588 I have not H3808 dwelt H3427 in any house H1004 since the time H4480 H3117 that I brought up H5927 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , even to H5704 this H2088 day, H3117 but have H1961 walked H1980 in a tent H168 and in a tabernacle. H4908
7 In all H3605 the places wherein H834 I have walked H1980 with all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 spoke H1696 I a word H1697 with H854 any H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 whom H834 I commanded H6680 to feed H7462 H853 my people H5971 H853 Israel, H3478 saying, H559 Why H4100 build H1129 ye not H3808 me a house H1004 of cedar H730 ?
8 Now H6258 therefore H3541 so shalt thou say H559 unto my servant H5650 David, H1732 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 I H589 took H3947 thee from H4480 the sheepcote, H5116 from following H4480 H310 the sheep, H6629 to be H1961 ruler H5057 over H5921 my people, H5971 over H5921 Israel: H3478
9 And I was H1961 with H5973 thee whithersoever H3605 H834 thou wentest, H1980 and have cut off H3772 H853 all H3605 thine enemies H341 out of thy sight H4480 H6440 , and have made H6213 thee a great H1419 name, H8034 like unto the name H8034 of the great H1419 men that H834 are in the earth. H776
10 Moreover I will appoint H7760 a place H4725 for my people H5971 Israel, H3478 and will plant H5193 them , that they may dwell H7931 in a place H8478 of their own , and move H7264 no H3808 more; H5750 neither H3808 shall the children H1121 of wickedness H5766 afflict H6031 them any more, H3254 as H834 formerly, H7223
11 And as since H4480 the time H3117 that H834 I commanded H6680 judges H8199 to be over H5921 my people H5971 Israel, H3478 and have caused thee to rest H5117 from all H4480 H3605 thine enemies. H341 Also the LORD H3068 telleth H5046 thee that H3588 he will make H6213 thee a house. H1004
12 And when H3588 thy days H3117 be fulfilled, H4390 and thou shalt sleep H7901 with H854 thy fathers, H1 I will set up H6965 H853 thy seed H2233 after H310 thee, which H834 shall proceed H3318 out of thy bowels H4480 H4578 , and I will establish H3559 H853 his kingdom. H4467
13 He H1931 shall build H1129 a house H1004 for my name, H8034 and I will establish H3559 H853 the throne H3678 of his kingdom H4467 forever H5704 H5769 .
14 I H589 will be H1961 his father, H1 and he H1931 shall be H1961 my son. H1121 If H834 he commit iniquity, H5753 I will chasten H3198 him with the rod H7626 of men, H376 and with the stripes H5061 of the children H1121 of men: H120
15 But my mercy H2617 shall not H3808 depart away H5493 from H4480 him, as H834 I took H5493 it from H4480 H5973 Saul, H7586 whom H834 I put away H5493 before H4480 H6440 thee.
16 And thine house H1004 and thy kingdom H4467 shall be established H539 forever H5704 H5769 before H6440 thee : thy throne H3678 shall be H1961 established H3559 forever H5704 H5769 .
17 According to all H3605 these H428 words, H1697 and according to all H3605 this H2088 vision, H2384 so H3651 did Nathan H5416 speak H1696 unto H413 David. H1732
18 Then went H935 king H4428 David H1732 in , and sat H3427 before H6440 the LORD, H3069 and he said, H559 Who H4310 am I, H595 O Lord H136 GOD H3069 ? and what H4310 is my house, H1004 that H3588 thou hast brought H935 me hitherto H5704 H1988 ?
19 And this H2063 was yet H5750 a small H6994 thing in thy sight, H5869 O Lord H136 GOD; H3069 but thou hast spoken H1696 also H1571 of H413 thy servant's H5650 house H1004 for a great while to come H4480 H7350 . And is this H2063 the manner H8452 of man, H120 O Lord H136 GOD H3069 ?
20 And what H4100 can David H1732 say H3254 H1696 more H5750 unto H413 thee? for thou, H859 Lord H136 GOD, H3069 knowest H3045 H853 thy servant. H5650
21 For thy word's sake H5668 H1697 , and according to thine own heart, H3820 hast thou done H6213 H853 all H3605 these H2063 great things, H1420 to make H853 thy servant H5650 know H3045 them .
22 Wherefore H5921 H3651 thou art great, H1431 O LORD H3068 God: H136 for H3588 there is none H369 like thee, H3644 neither H369 is there any God H430 beside H2108 thee , according to all H3605 that H834 we have heard H8085 with our ears. H241
23 And what H4310 one H259 nation H1471 in the earth H776 is like thy people, H5971 even like Israel, H3478 whom H834 God H430 went H1980 to redeem H6299 for a people H5971 to himself , and to make H7760 him a name, H8034 and to do H6213 for you great H1420 things and terrible, H3372 for thy land, H776 before H4480 H6440 thy people, H5971 which H834 thou redeemedst H6299 to thee from Egypt H4480 H4714 , from the nations H1471 and their gods H430 ?
24 For thou hast confirmed H3559 to thyself H853 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 to be a people H5971 unto thee forever H5704 H5769 : and thou, H859 LORD, H3068 art become H1961 their God. H430
25 And now, H6258 O LORD H3068 God, H430 the word H1697 that H834 thou hast spoken H1696 concerning H5921 thy servant, H5650 and concerning H5921 his house, H1004 establish H6965 it , forever H5704 H5769 , and do H6213 as H834 thou hast said. H1696
26 And let thy name H8034 be magnified H1431 forever H5704 H5769 , saying, H559 The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is the God H430 over H5921 Israel: H3478 and let the house H1004 of thy servant H5650 David H1732 be H1961 established H3559 before H6440 thee.
27 For H3588 thou, H859 O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 God H430 of Israel, H3478 hast revealed H1540 H241 to thy servant, H5650 saying, H559 I will build H1129 thee a house: H1004 therefore H5921 H3651 hath thy servant H5650 found H4672 in H853 his heart H3820 to pray H6419 H853 this H2063 prayer H8605 unto H413 thee.
28 And now, H6258 O Lord H136 GOD, H3069 thou H859 art that H1931 God, H430 and thy words H1697 be H1961 true, H571 and thou hast promised H1696 H853 this H2063 goodness H2896 unto H413 thy servant: H5650
29 Therefore now H6258 let it please H2794 thee to bless H1288 H853 the house H1004 of thy servant, H5650 that it may continue H1961 forever H5769 before H6440 thee: for H3588 thou, H859 O Lord H136 GOD, H3069 hast spoken H1696 it : and with thy blessing H4480 H1293 let the house H1004 of thy servant H5650 be blessed H1288 forever. H5769
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