2 Samuel 7:1-16
Read 2 Samuel 7 in full →The Ark of God Inhabits a Tent
7aNow it happened when the king inhabited his house, and Yahweh had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2that the king said to aNathan the prophet, “See now, I inhabit ba house of cedar, but the ark of God cinhabits tent curtains.” 3So Nathan said to the king, “aGo, do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”
4Now it happened in the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, 5“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “aAre you the one who would build Me a house to inhabit? 6“For aI have not inhabited a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been going about bin a tent, even in a 1tabernacle. 7“aWherever I have gone about with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, bwhich I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
David’s House Will Be Established Forever
8“So now, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “aI Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, bto be ruler over My people Israel. 9“aAnd I have been with you wherever you have gone and bhave cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth. 10“And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and awill plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and not be disturbed again; band the 1unrighteous will not afflict them any more as formerly, 11even afrom the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and bI will give you rest from all your enemies. Yahweh also declares to you that cYahweh will make a house for you. 12“aWhen your days are fulfilled and you blie down with your fathers, cI will raise up one of your seed after you, who will come forth from 1your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13“aHe shall build a house for My name, and bI will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14“aI will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; bwhen he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod of men and the strikes from the sons of men, 15but My lovingkindness shall not be removed from him, aas I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16“aAnd your house and your kingdom shall 1endure before 2Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”