2 Samuel 7:8-16
God’s Covenant with David
8 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.
9 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.
10 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 (a)wicked will not afflict them again, as formerly,
11 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.
12 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.
13 He [is the one who] shall build a house for My (b)Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 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.
15 But My lovingkindness and mercy will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
16 Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”’”
Footnotes:
a.
2 Samuel 7:10: Lit sons of wickedness.
b.
2 Samuel 7:13: “Name” is equivalent to “Me” in 2 Sam 7:5. See also note Deut 12:5.