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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Samuel 7 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > 2 Samuel 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/6.htm" title="2 Samuel 6">◄</a> 2 Samuel 7 <a href="../2_samuel/8.htm" title="2 Samuel 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/2_samuel/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">God’s Promise to David</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After the king was settled in his palace and the <span class="name">Lord</span> had given him rest from all his enemies around him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the <span class="name">Lord</span> is with you.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But that night the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to Nathan, saying:</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Traditionally judges">a</a></sup></span> over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.</p><p class="emb">“ ‘The <span class="name">Lord</span> declares to you that the <span class="name">Lord</span> himself will establish a house for you: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you">b</a></sup></span> ; your throne will be established forever.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.</p> <p class="sectionhead">David’s Prayer</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then King David went in and sat before the <span class="name">Lord</span>, and he said:</p><p class="emb">“Who am I, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, is for a mere human! <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or for the human race">c</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“How great you are, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 17:21; Hebrew wonders for your land and before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, have become their God.</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“And now, <span class="name">Lord</span> God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.</p> <p class="emb"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“<span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Traditionally <i>judges</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts <i>you</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>for the human race</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 17:21; Hebrew <i>wonders for your land and before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, from the nations and their gods</i>.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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