God’s Covenant with David
(2 Samuel 7:1–17)

1And it came to pass, as David was dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of YHWH is under curtains.”

2And Nathan said to David, “All that is in your heart, do, for God is with you.”

3And it came to pass in that night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4“Go and tell unto David My servant, thus says YHWH: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in. 5For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought up Israel out of Egypt,† even to this day, and I have been from tent to tent, and from the Dwelling Place. 6In all where I have walked among all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to one of the leaders† of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you⁺ not built for Me a house of cedars?’

7And now, thus shall you say to My servant David: Thus says YHWH of Hosts: I took you from the sheepfold, from after the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. 8And I have been with you in all to which you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before your face, and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

9And I will set a place for My people Israel, and I will plant them, and they will settle in their place, and they shall not be disturbed anymore, nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore as at the beginning 10and since the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.

And I declare to you that YHWH will build a house for you. 11And it shall come to pass, when your days are fulfilled and you go with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you who will be from your sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12He will build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne even to forever. 13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And My loving devotion I will not turn aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before you. 14And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom even to forever, and his throne will be established even to forever.”

15According to all these words and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.

David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving
(2 Samuel 7:18–29)

16And King David went in and sat before the face of YHWH, and he said, “Who am I, O YHWH God, and what is my house, that You have brought me as far as here? 17And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God, and You have spoken of the house of Your servant afar off, and have regarded me as a type of the man on high,† O YHWH God. 18What more can David say to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant. 19O YHWH,† For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

20O YHWH, none is like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Yourself a great name and to be feared, to drive out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt. 22For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people even to forever, and You, O YHWH, have become to them God.

23And now, O YHWH, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, may it be confirmed even to forever, and do as You have spoken. 24And may Your name be confirmed, even magnified, forever, saying, ‘YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You. 25For You, my God, have uncovered the ear to Your servant, that You will build for him a house. Upon thus Your servant has found it to pray before You.

26And now, O YHWH, You are God, and You spoke to Your servant this goodness. 27And You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be forever before You. For You, O YHWH, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”