Whereas I have not dwelt in any housesince the timethat I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but havewalked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
In all the placeswherein I havewalkedwith all the children of Israelspake I a wordwith any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my peopleIsrael, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
Now therefore so shaltthou say unto my servantDavid, Thussaith the LORD of hosts, I tooktheefrom the sheepcote, fromfollowing the sheep, to be rulerover my people, overIsrael:
And I was withtheewhithersoeverthouwentest, and have cut off all thineenemies out of thy sight, and havemadethee a greatname, likeunto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
Moreover I willappoint a place for my peopleIsrael, and willplantthem, thatthey may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neithershall the children of wickednessafflictthem any more, as beforetime,
And as since the timethat I commandedjudges to be over my peopleIsrael, and havecausedthee to restfrom all thineenemies. Also the LORDtelleththeethat he willmakethee an house.
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thoushaltsleepwith thy fathers, I will set up thy seedafterthee, whichshallproceed out of thy bowels, and I willestablish his kingdom.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commitiniquity, I willchasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
And this was yet a smallthing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thouhastspokenalso of thy servant’shouse for a greatwhile to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, evenlikeIsrael, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you greatthings and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, whichthouredeemedst to theefromEgypt, from the nations and theirgods?
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God overIsrael: and let the house of thy servantDavid be establishedbeforethee.
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hastrevealed to thy servant, saying, I willbuildthee an house: thereforehath thy servantfound in his heart to praythisprayeruntothee.
Therefore now let it pleasethee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for everbeforethee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hastspoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.