Dual Panel1The king <04428> settled <03427> into his palace <01004>, for the Lord <03068> gave <05117> him relief <05117> from all <03605> his enemies <0341> on all sides <05439>.
2The king <04428> said <0559> to <0413> Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, “Look <07200>! I <0595> am living in <03427> a palace <01004> made from cedar <0730>, while the ark <0727> of God <0430> sits <03427> in the middle <08432> of a tent <03407>.”
3Nathan <05416> replied <0559> to <0413> the king <04428>, “You should go <01980> and do <06213> whatever <0834> <03605> you have in mind <03824>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> is with <05973> you.”
4That <01931> night <03915> the Lord <03068> told <01697> Nathan <05416>,
5“Go <01980>, tell <0559> my servant <05650> David <01732>: ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: Do you <0859> really intend to build <01129> a house <01004> for me to live <03427> in?
6I have not <03808> lived <03427> in a house <01004> from the time <03117> I brought <05927> the <0853> Israelites <03478> <01121> up from Egypt <04714> to the present <05704> day <03117>. Instead, I was <01961> traveling <01980> with them and living in <04908> a tent <0168>.
7Wherever <0834> <03605> I moved among <01980> all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, I did not say <01696> to any <0259> of the leaders <07626> whom <0834> I appointed <06680> to care for <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>, “Why <04100> have you not <03808> built <01129> me a house <01004> made from cedar <0730>?”’
8“So <03541> now <06258>, say <0559> this to my servant <05650> David <01732>: ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> of hosts <06635> says <0559>: I <0589> took <03947> you from <04480> the pasture <05116> and from <0310> your work as a shepherd <06629> to make <01961> you leader <05057> of <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.
9I was <01961> with <05973> you wherever <0834> <03605> you went <01980>, and I defeated <03772> all <03605> your enemies <0341> before <06440> you. Now I will make <06213> you as famous <08034> <01419> <08034> as the great men <01419> of the earth <0776>.
10I will establish <07760> a place <04725> for my people <05971> Israel <03478> and settle <05193> them there; they will live <07931> there <08478> and not <03808> be disturbed <07264> any more <05750>. Violent men <05766> <01121> will not <03808> oppress <06031> them again <03254>, as <0834> they did in the beginning <07223>
11and during <04480> the time <03117> when <0834> I appointed <06680> judges <08199> to lead <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>. Instead, I will give <05117> you relief <05117> from all <03605> your enemies <0341>. The Lord <03068> declares <05046> to you that <03588> he himself will build <06213> a dynastic house <01004> for you.
12When <03588> the time <03117> comes <04390> for you to die <01> <0854> <07901>, I will raise up <06965> your descendant <0310> <02233>, one of your own sons <04578>, to succeed <03318> you, and I will establish <03559> his kingdom <04467>.
13He <01931> will build <01129> a house <01004> for my name <08034>, and I will make <0853> his dynasty <04467> <03678> permanent <05769> <05704>.
14I <0589> will become <01961> his father <01> and he will become <01961> my son <01121>. When he sins <05753>, I will correct <03198> him with the rod <07626> of men <0376> and with wounds <05061> inflicted by human beings <0120> <01121>.
15But my loyal love <02617> will not <03808> be removed <05493> from <04480> him as <0834> I removed <05493> it from <05973> Saul <07586>, whom <0834> I removed <05493> from before <06440> you.
16Your house <01004> and your kingdom <04467> will stand <0539> before <06440> me permanently <05769> <05704>; your dynasty <03678> will be <01961> permanent <05769> <05704>.’”
17Nathan <05416> told <01696> David <01732> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> that were revealed to him.
18King <04428> David <01732> went in <0935>, sat <03427> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, and said <0559>, “Who <04310> am I <0595>, O Lord <0136> God <03069>, and what <04310> is my family <01004>, that <03588> you should have brought <0935> me to <05704> this point <01988>?
19And you didn’t stop there, O Lord <0136> God <03068>! You have also <01571> spoken <01696> about <0413> the future <07350> of your servant’s <05650> family <01004>. Is this <02063> your usual way <08452> of dealing with men <0120>, O Lord <0136> God <03068>?
20What <04100> more <05750> can <03254> David <01732> say <01696> to <0413> you? You <0859> have given <03045> your servant <05650> special recognition <03045>, O Lord <0136> God <03069>!
21For the sake of <05668> your promise <01697> and according to your purpose <03820> you have done <06213> this <02063> great thing <01420> in order to reveal <03045> it to your servant <05650>.
22Therefore <03651> <05921> you are great <01431>, O Lord <0136> God <03069>, for <03588> there is none <0369> like <03644> you! There is no <0369> God <0430> besides <02108> you! What <03605> we have heard <08085> is true <0241>!
23Who <04310> is like your people <05971>, Israel <03478>, a <0259> unique nation <01471> on the earth <0776>? Their God <0430> went <01980> to claim <06299> a nation <05971> for himself and to make <07760> a name <08034> for himself! You did <06213> great <01420> and awesome acts <03372> for your land <0776>, before <06440> your people <05971> whom <0834> you delivered <06299> for yourself from the Egyptian <04714> empire <01471> and its gods <0430>.
24You made <03559> Israel <03478> your very own people <05971> for <05704> all time <05769>. You <0859>, O Lord <03068>, became <01961> their God <0430>.
25So now <06258>, O Lord <03068> God <0430>, make this promise <01697> you have made <01696> about <05921> your servant <05650> and his family <01004> a permanent <05769> reality. Do <06213> as <0834> you promised <01696>,
26so you may gain lasting <05769> <05704> fame <08034> <01431>, as people say <0559>, ‘The Lord <03068> of hosts <06635> is God <0430> over <05921> Israel <03478>!’ The dynasty <01004> of your servant <05650> David <01732> will be <01961> established <03559> before <06440> you,
27for <03588> you <0859>, O Lord <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, have told <0241> <01540> your servant <05650>, ‘I will build <01129> you a dynastic house <01004>.’ That is why <03651> <05921> your servant <05650> has had <04672> the courage <03820> to pray <06419> this <02063> prayer <08605> to <0413> you.
28Now <06258>, O sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>, you <0859> are the true God <0430>! May your words <01697> prove to be <01961> true <0571>! You have made <01696> this <02063> good promise <02896> to <0413> your servant <05650>!
29Now <06258> be willing <02974> to bless <01288> your servant’s <05650> dynasty <01004> so that it may stand <01961> permanently <05769> before <06440> you, for <03588> you <0859>, O sovereign Lord <0136>, have spoken <01696>. By your blessing <01293> may your servant’s <05650> dynasty <01004> be blessed <01288> on into the future <05769>!”