Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, thatDavidsaid to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORDremainethundercurtains.
Wheresoever I havewalkedwith all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Now thereforethusshaltthou say unto my servantDavid, Thussaith the LORD of hosts, I tooktheefrom the sheepcote, evenfromfollowing the sheep, thatthoushouldest be rulerover my peopleIsrael:
And I havebeenwiththeewhithersoeverthouhastwalked, and have cut off all thineenemiesfrombeforethee, and havemadethee a namelike the name of the great men that are in the earth.
Also I willordain a place for my peopleIsrael, and willplantthem, and theyshalldwell in theirplace, and shall be moved no more; neithershall the children of wickednesswastethem any more, as at the beginning,
And since the timethat I commandedjudges to be over my peopleIsrael. Moreover I willsubdue all thineenemies. Furthermore I telltheethat the LORDwillbuildthee an house.
And it shallcome to pass, when thy days be expiredthatthoumust go to be with thy fathers, that I willraise up thy seedafterthee, whichshall be of thy sons; and I willestablish his kingdom.
And yet this was a smallthing in thineeyes, O God; for thouhastalsospoken of thy servant’shouse for a greatwhile to come, and hastregarded me according to the estate of a man of highdegree, O LORD God.
And what one nation in the earth is like thy peopleIsrael, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to makethee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nationsfrombefore thy people, whomthouhastredeemed out of Egypt?
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be establishedbeforethee.
Now therefore let it pleasethee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be beforethee for ever: for thoublessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.