2 Samuel 7:1-29 NET

[1] The king settled into his palace, for the LORD gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides. [2] The king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent." [3] Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you." [4] That night the LORD' s message came to Nathan, [5] "Go, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in? [6] I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. [7] Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, "Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?"' [8] "So now, say this to my servant David, 'This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. [9] I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. [10] I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning [11] and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you. [12] When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. [13] He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. [14] I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. [15] But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. [16] Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'" [17] Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. [18] King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, "Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point? [19] And you didn't stop there, O LORD God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Sovereign LORD? [20] What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign LORD! [21] For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. [22] Therefore you are great, O Sovereign LORD, for there is none like you. There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true. [23] Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. [24] You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O LORD, became their God. [25] So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised, [26] so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The LORD of Heaven's Armies is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you, [27] for you, O LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, have told your servant, 'I will build you a dynastic house.' That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you. [28] Now, O Sovereign LORD, you are the true God. May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant. [29] Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed from now on into the future!"