Dual Panel1And it came to pass, when the king <04428> sat <03427> (8804) in his house <01004>_, and the LORD <03068> had given him rest <05117> (8689) round about <05439> from all his enemies <0341> (8802)_;
2That the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>_, See <07200> (8798) now, I dwell <03427> (8802) in an house <01004> of cedar <0730>_, but the ark <0727> of God <0430> dwelleth <03427> (8802) within <08432> curtains <03407>_.
3And Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799) to the king <04428>_, Go <03212> (8798)_, do <06213> (8798) all that [is] in thine heart <03824>_; for the LORD <03068> [is] with thee.
4And it came to pass that night <03915>_, that the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto Nathan <05416>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
5Go <03212> (8798) and tell <0559> (8804) my servant <05650> David <01732>_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Shalt thou build <01129> (8799) me an house <01004> for me to dwell in <03427> (8800)_? {my servant...: Heb. to my servant, to David}
6Whereas I have not dwelt <03427> (8804) in [any] house <01004> since the time <03117> that I brought up <05927> (8687) the children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>_, even to this day <03117>_, but have walked <01980> (8693) in a tent <0168> and in a tabernacle <04908>_.
7In all [the places] wherein I have walked <01980> (8694) with all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> spake <01696> (8765) I a word <01697> with any <0259> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>_, whom I commanded <06680> (8765) to feed <07462> (8800) my people <05971> Israel <03478>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Why build <01129> (8804) ye not me an house <01004> of cedar <0730>_? {any of...: any of the judges}
8Now therefore so shalt thou say <0559> (8799) unto my servant <05650> David <01732>_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, I took <03947> (8804) thee from the sheepcote <05116>_, from following <0310> the sheep <06629>_, to be ruler <05057> over my people <05971>_, over Israel <03478>_: {from following: Heb. from after}
9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <01980> (8804)_, and have cut off <03772> (8686) all thine enemies <0341> (8802) out of thy sight <06440>_, and have made <06213> (8804) thee a great <01419> name <08034>_, like unto the name <08034> of the great <01419> [men] that [are] in the earth <0776>_. {out of...: Heb. from thy face}
10Moreover I will appoint <07760> (8804) a place <04725> for my people <05971> Israel <03478>_, and will plant <05193> (8804) them, that they may dwell <07931> (8804) in a place of their own, and move <07264> (8799) no more; neither shall the children <01121> of wickedness <05766> afflict <06031> (8763) them any more <03254> (8686)_, as beforetime <07223>_,
11And as since the time <03117> that I commanded <06680> (8765) judges <08199> (8802) [to be] over my people <05971> Israel <03478>_, and have caused thee to rest <05117> (8689) from all thine enemies <0341> (8802)_. Also the LORD <03068> telleth <05046> (8689) thee that he will make <06213> (8799) thee an house <01004>_.
12And when thy days <03117> be fulfilled <04390> (8799)_, and thou shalt sleep <07901> (8804) with thy fathers <01>_, I will set up <06965> (8689) thy seed <02233> after <0310> thee, which shall proceed <03318> (8799) out of thy bowels <04578>_, and I will establish <03559> (8689) his kingdom <04467>_.
13He shall build <01129> (8799) an house <01004> for my name <08034>_, and I will stablish <03559> (8790) the throne <03678> of his kingdom <04467> for <05704> ever <05769>_.
14I will be his father <01>_, and he shall be my son <01121>_. If he commit iniquity <05753> (8687)_, I will chasten <03198> (8689) him with the rod <07626> of men <0582>_, and with the stripes <05061> of the children <01121> of men <0120>_:
15But my mercy <02617> shall not depart away <05493> (8799) from him, as I took <05493> (8689) [it] from Saul <07586>_, whom I put away <05493> (8689) before <06440> thee.
16And thine house <01004> and thy kingdom <04467> shall be established <0539> (8738) for <05704> ever <05769> before <06440> thee: thy throne <03678> shall be established <03559> (8737) for <05704> ever <05769>_.
17According to all these words <01697>_, and according to all this vision <02384>_, so did Nathan <05416> speak <01696> (8765) unto David <01732>_.
18Then went <0935> (8799) king <04428> David <01732> in, and sat <03427> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, and he said <0559> (8799)_, Who [am] I, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_? and what [is] my house <01004>_, that thou hast brought <0935> (8689) me hitherto <01988>_?
19And this was yet a small thing <06994> (8799) in thy sight <05869>_, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_; but thou hast spoken <01696> (8762) also of thy servant's <05650> house <01004> for a great while to come <07350>_. And [is] this the manner <08452> of man <0120>_, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_? {manner: Heb. law}
20And what can <03254> (0) David <01732> say <01696> (8763) more <03254> (8686) unto thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_, knowest <03045> (8804) thy servant <05650>_.
21For thy word's <01697> sake, and according to thine own heart <03820>_, hast thou done <06213> (8804) all these great things <01420>_, to make thy servant <05650> know <03045> (8687) [them].
22Wherefore thou art great <01431> (8804)_, O LORD <03068> God <0430>_: for [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God <0430> beside <02108> thee, according to all that we have heard <08085> (8804) with our ears <0241>_.
23And what one <0259> nation <01471> in the earth <0776> [is] like thy people <05971>_, [even] like Israel <03478>_, whom God <0430> went <01980> (8804) to redeem <06299> (8800) for a people <05971> to himself, and to make <07760> (8800) him a name <08034>_, and to do <06213> (8800) for you great things <01420> and terrible <03372> (8737)_, for thy land <0776>_, before <06440> thy people <05971>_, which thou redeemedst <06299> (8804) to thee from Egypt <04714>_, [from] the nations <01471> and their gods <0430>_?
24For thou hast confirmed <03559> (8787) to thyself thy people <05971> Israel <03478> [to be] a people <05971> unto thee for <05704> ever <05769>_: and thou, LORD <03068>_, art become <01961> (8804) their God <0430>_.
25And now, O LORD <03068> God <0430>_, the word <01697> that thou hast spoken <01696> (8765) concerning thy servant <05650>_, and concerning his house <01004>_, establish <06965> (8685) [it] for <05704> ever <05769>_, and do <06213> (8798) as thou hast said <01696> (8765)_.
26And let thy name <08034> be magnified <01431> (8799) for <05704> ever <05769>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is] the God <0430> over Israel <03478>_: and let the house <01004> of thy servant <05650> David <01732> be established <03559> (8737) before <06440> thee.
27For thou, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, hast revealed <01540> (8804) <0241> to thy servant <05650>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, I will build <01129> (8799) thee an house <01004>_: therefore hath thy servant <05650> found <04672> (8804) in his heart <03820> to pray <06419> (8692) this prayer <08605> unto thee. {revealed: Heb. opened the ear}
28And now, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_, thou [art] that God <0430>_, and thy words <01697> be true <0571>_, and thou hast promised <01696> (8762) this goodness <02896> unto thy servant <05650>_:
29Therefore now let it please <02974> (8685) thee to bless <01288> (8761) the house <01004> of thy servant <05650>_, that it may continue for ever <05769> before <06440> thee: for thou, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_, hast spoken <01696> (8765) [it]: and with thy blessing <01293> let the house <01004> of thy servant <05650> be blessed <01288> (8792) for ever <05769>_. {let it...: Heb. be thou pleased and bless}