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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 Amplified Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">AMP</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/2_samuel/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">David Plans to Build a Temple</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When King David lived in his house (palace) and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do everything that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Should you be the one to build Me a house in which to dwell? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought the sons (descendants) of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wherever I have gone with all the Israelites, did I speak a word to any from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, asking, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’ <p class="hdg">God’s Covenant with David</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So now, say this to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like that of the great men of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in a place of their own and not be disturbed again. The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>wicked will not afflict them again, as formerly, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that He will make a house (royal dynasty) for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He [is the one who] shall build a house for My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Name <i>and</i> My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But My lovingkindness <i>and</i> mercy will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Nathan spoke to David in accordance with all these words and all of this vision. <p class="hdg">David’s Prayer</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then King David went in and sat [in prayer] before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>GOD, and what is my house (family), that You have brought me this far? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Yet this was very insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of Your servant’s house (royal dynasty) in the distant future. And this is the law <i>and</i> custom of man, O Lord GOD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>What more can David say to You? For You know (acknowledge, choose) Your servant, O Lord GOD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Because of Your word (promise), and in accordance with Your own heart, You have done all these great <i>and</i> astounding things to let Your servant know (understand). <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>What one nation on earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do great and awesome things for Yourself and for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, <i>from</i> nations and their gods? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word [of the covenant] that You have spoken in regard to Your servant and his house (royal dynasty); and do just as You have spoken, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>so that Your Name may be magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts (armies) is God over Israel;’ and may the house (royal dynasty) of Your servant David be established <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>before You. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house (royal dynasty).’ For that reason Your servant has found <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>courage to pray this prayer to You. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Therefore now, may it please You to bless the house (royal dynasty) of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>sons of wickedness</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> “Name” is equivalent to “Me” in 2 Sam 7:5. 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