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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Samuel 7 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/2_samuel/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">David Plans to Build the Temple</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/1_chronicles/17.htm">1 Chronicles 17:1-15</a>)</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 had settled down in his palace and the LORD had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>he<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 Lit. the king">a</a></span> told the prophet Nathan, “Look now, I’m living in a cedar palace, but the Ark of God resides behind<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 Lit. between">b</a></span> a tent<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 The Heb. lacks tent">c</a></span> curtain.”</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, “Go do everything you have in mind,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:3 Lit. heart">d</a></span> because the LORD 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 later that same night, this message came to Nathan from the LORD:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Go tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says:</p> <p class="reg">“‘“Are you going to build a house<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:5 i.e. a temple, and so throughout the chapter">e</a></span> for me to inhabit? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After all, I haven’t lived in a house since the day I brought up the Israelis from Egypt until now. Instead, I’ve moved around in a tent that served as my<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:6 Lit. tent and">f</a></span> dwelling place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wherever I moved among the Israelis, did I ever ask even one tribal leader<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:7 Lit. ask the tribes">g</a></span> of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built me a cedar house?’</p> <p class="doubleindent"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“‘“Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: ‘This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: “I took you from the pasture myself—from tending sheep—to become Commander-in-Chief<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:8 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority">h</a></span> over my people, that is, over Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“‘“Furthermore, I have remained with you everywhere you have gone, annihilating all your enemies right in front of you. I will make a great reputation<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:9 Lit. name">i</a></span> for you, like the reputation<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:9 Lit. name">j</a></span> of great ones who have lived on<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:9 The Heb. lacks have lived">k</a></span> earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will establish a homeland<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:10 Lit. place">l</a></span> for my people—for Israel—planting them so they may live in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:10 Lit. Children of wickedness">m</a></span> will no longer afflict them, as happened in the past <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>when I had commanded judges to administer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:11 Lit. judges over">n</a></span> my people Israel. I’ll also grant you relief from all your enemies.”’</p> <p class="doubleindent marginbot">“‘The LORD also announces to you: “The LORD will himself build a house<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:11 i.e. a dynasty">o</a></span> for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When your life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. days">p</a></span> is complete and you go to join<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. you rest with">q</a></span> your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. seed; MT is sing.">r</a></span> after you, who will come forth from your body,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. your inward parts">s</a></span> and I will fortify his kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He will build a Temple dedicated to my Name, and I will make the throne of his kingdom last forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will be a father to him, and he will be to me a son who, when he commits iniquity, I will discipline with the rod wielded by armies<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:14 Lit. men">t</a></span> and with wounds inflicted by human beings.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:14 Lit. by children of Adam">u</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But I’ll never remove my gracious love from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed from your presence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your dynasty and your kingdom will remain forever in my presence—your throne will be secure forever.”’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David with precisely these words.</p> <p class="heading">David’s Prayer</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/1_chronicles/17.htm">1 Chronicles 17:16-27</a>)</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 to the presence of the LORD, sat down, and said:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop">“Who am I, Lord GOD, and what is my family,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:18 Lit. house or household, and so throughout the chapter">v</a></span> that you have brought me to this? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And this is still a small thing to you, Lord GOD—you also have spoken about the future of your servant’s house, and this is the charter<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:19 Or law or instruction">w</a></span> for mankind, O Lord GOD!</p> <p class="doubleindent"><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, and you surely know your servant, Lord GOD. <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 consistent with your desire,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:21 Lit. heart; cf. Eph 1:5">x</a></span> you have done all of these great things, informing your servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And therefore you are great, Lord GOD, there is no one like you, there is no God except for you, just as we’ve heard with our own ears.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“And who is like your people, like Israel, the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to carry out for them great and awe-inspiring accomplishments, driving out nations and their gods in front of your people, whom you redeemed to yourself from Egypt? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You have prepared your people Israel to be your very own people for ever, and you, LORD, have become their God!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“And now, LORD God, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done—and let it be done just as you’ve promised. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>May your name be made great forever with the result that it is said that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is God over Israel, and that the household of your servant David may be established before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For you, LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, telling him, ‘I will build a dynasty for you,’ so that your servant has found fortitude<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:27 Lit. heart">y</a></span> to pray this prayer to you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Now therefore, Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have spoken to your servant these good things. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So may it please you to bless the household of your servant, so that it might remain forever in your presence, because you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and from your blessing may the household of your servant be blessed forever.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 7:2 Lit. <i>the king</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 7:2 Lit. <i>between</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 7:2 The Heb. lacks <i>tent</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 7:3 Lit. <i>heart</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 7:5 i.e. a temple, and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 7:6 Lit. <i>tent and</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 7:7 Lit. <i>ask the tribes</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 7:8 Lit. <i>Nagid</i>; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 7:9 Lit. <i>name</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 7:9 Lit. <i>name</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 7:9 The Heb. lacks <i>have lived</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 7:10 Lit. <i>place</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 7:10 Lit. <i>Children of wickedness</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 7:11 Lit. <i>judges over</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 7:11 i.e. a dynasty<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 7:12 Lit. <i>days</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 7:12 Lit. <i>you rest with</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 7:12 Lit. <i>seed</i>; MT is sing.<br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 7:12 Lit. <i>your inward parts</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 7:14 Lit. <i>men</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 7:14 Lit. <i>by children of Adam</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 7:18 Lit. <i>house</i> or <i>household</i>, and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 7:19 Or <i>law </i>or<i> instruction</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 7:21 Lit. <i>heart</i>; cf. 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