2 Samuel 7 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

David Plans to Build a Temple

7 (A)Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2 that the king said to (B)Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in (C)a house of cedar, but the ark of God (D)dwells within tent curtains.” 3 Nathan said to the king, “(E)Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

4 But in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “(F)Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? 6 For (G)I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about (H)in a tent, even in a [a]tabernacle. 7 (I)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, (J)which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

God’s Covenant with David

8 “Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “(K)I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, (L)to be ruler over My people Israel. 9 (M)I have been with you wherever you have gone and (N)have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth. 10 I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and (O)will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, (P)nor will the [b]wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11 even (Q)from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and (R)I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that (S)the Lord will make a house for you. 12 (T)When your days are complete and you (U)lie down with your fathers, (V)I will raise up your [c]descendant after you, who will come forth from [d]you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (W)He shall build a house for My name, and (X)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (Y)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; (Z)when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, (AA)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 (AB)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [e]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’” 17 In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David’s Prayer

18 Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “(AC)Who am I, O Lord [f]God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? 19 And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, (AD)for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And (AE)this is the [g]custom of man, O Lord God. 20 Again what more can David say to You? For (AF)You know Your servant, O Lord God! 21 (AG)For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. 22 For this reason (AH)You are great, O Lord God; for (AI)there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, (AJ)according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And (AK)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 (AL)to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before (AM)Your people whom (AN)You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? 24 For (AO)You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and (AP)You, O Lord, have become their God. 25 Now therefore, O Lord God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, 26 (AQ)that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel’; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. 27 For You, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have [h]made a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘(AR)I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found [i]courage to pray this prayer to You. 28 Now, O Lord God, You are God, and (AS)Your words are truth, and You have [j]promised this good thing to Your servant. 29 Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord God, have spoken; and (AT)with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:6 Lit dwelling place
  2. 2 Samuel 7:10 Lit sons of wickedness
  3. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed
  4. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels
  5. 2 Samuel 7:16 So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. you
  6. 2 Samuel 7:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so through out the ch
  7. 2 Samuel 7:19 Or law
  8. 2 Samuel 7:27 Lit uncovered the ear of
  9. 2 Samuel 7:27 Lit his heart
  10. 2 Samuel 7:28 Or spoken

Cross references

  1. 2 Samuel 7:1 : 1 Chr 17:1-27
  2. 2 Samuel 7:2 : 2 Sam 7:17; 12:1; 1 Kin 1:22; 1 Chr 29:29; 2 Chr 9:29
  3. 2 Samuel 7:2 : 2 Sam 5:11
  4. 2 Samuel 7:2 : Ex 26:1
  5. 2 Samuel 7:3 : 1 Kin 8:17, 18; 1 Chr 22:7
  6. 2 Samuel 7:5 : 1 Kin 5:3, 4; 8:19
  7. 2 Samuel 7:6 : Josh 18:1; 1 Kin 8:16
  8. 2 Samuel 7:6 : Ex 40:18, 34
  9. 2 Samuel 7:7 : Lev 26:11, 12
  10. 2 Samuel 7:7 : 2 Sam 5:2
  11. 2 Samuel 7:8 : 1 Sam 16:11, 12; Ps 78:70, 71
  12. 2 Samuel 7:8 : 2 Sam 6:21
  13. 2 Samuel 7:9 : 1 Sam 5:10
  14. 2 Samuel 7:9 : Ps 18:37-42
  15. 2 Samuel 7:10 : Ex 15:17; Is 5:2, 7
  16. 2 Samuel 7:10 : Ps 89:22, 23; Is 60:18
  17. 2 Samuel 7:11 : Judg 2:14-16; 1 Sam 12:9-11
  18. 2 Samuel 7:11 : 2 Sam 7:1
  19. 2 Samuel 7:11 : 1 Sam 25:28; 2 Sam 7:27
  20. 2 Samuel 7:12 : 1 Kin 2:1
  21. 2 Samuel 7:12 : Deut 31:16; Acts 13:36
  22. 2 Samuel 7:12 : 1 Kin 8:20; Ps 132:11
  23. 2 Samuel 7:13 : 1 Kin 6:12; 8:19
  24. 2 Samuel 7:13 : Is 9:7; 49:8
  25. 2 Samuel 7:14 : Ps 89:26, 27; 2 Cor 6:18; Heb 1:5
  26. 2 Samuel 7:14 : 1 Kin 11:34; Ps 89:30-33
  27. 2 Samuel 7:15 : 1 Sam 15:23; 16:14
  28. 2 Samuel 7:16 : 2 Sam 7:13; Ps 89:36, 37
  29. 2 Samuel 7:18 : Ex 3:11; 1 Sam 18:18
  30. 2 Samuel 7:19 : 2 Sam 7:11-16; 1 Chr 17:17
  31. 2 Samuel 7:19 : Is 55:8, 9
  32. 2 Samuel 7:20 : 1 Sam 16:7; John 21:17
  33. 2 Samuel 7:21 : 1 Chr 17:19; Eph 4:32
  34. 2 Samuel 7:22 : Deut 3:24; Ps 48:1; 86:10
  35. 2 Samuel 7:22 : Ex 15:11; 1 Sam 2:2
  36. 2 Samuel 7:22 : Ex 10:2; Ps 44:1
  37. 2 Samuel 7:23 : Deut 4:32-38
  38. 2 Samuel 7:23 : Deut 10:21
  39. 2 Samuel 7:23 : Deut 15:15
  40. 2 Samuel 7:23 : Deut 9:26
  41. 2 Samuel 7:24 : Deut 32:6
  42. 2 Samuel 7:24 : Gen 17:7, 8; Ex 6:7
  43. 2 Samuel 7:26 : Ps 72:18, 19; Matt 6:9
  44. 2 Samuel 7:27 : 2 Sam 7:13
  45. 2 Samuel 7:28 : Ex 34:6; John 17:17
  46. 2 Samuel 7:29 : Num 6:24-26

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