2 Samuel 7 (NET)

2 Samuel 7:1¹The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:2²The 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:3³Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:4⁴That night the Lord’ s message came to Nathan,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:5⁵“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?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:6⁶I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:7⁷Wherever 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?”’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:8⁸“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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:9⁹I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:10¹⁰I 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 beginningCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:11¹¹and 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:12¹²When 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:13¹³He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:14¹⁴I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:15¹⁵But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:16¹⁶Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:17¹⁷Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:18¹⁸King 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?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:19¹⁹And 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?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:20²⁰What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign Lord!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:21²¹For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:22²²Therefore you are great, O Sovereign Lord, for there is none like you. There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:23²³Who 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:24²⁴You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:25²⁵So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:26²⁶so 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,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:27²⁷for 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:28²⁸Now, O Sovereign Lord, you are the true God. May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

2 Samuel 7:29²⁹Now 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!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions