2 Samuel 7
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The Lord's Message to David
(1 Chronicles 17.1-15)
1King David moved into his new palace, and the Lord let his kingdom be at peace. 2Then one day, as David was talking with Nathan the prophet, David said, “Look around! I live in a palace made of cedar, but the sacred chest has to stay in a tent.”
3Nathan replied, “The Lord is with you, so do what you want!”
4That night, the Lord told Nathan 5to go to David and give him this message:
David, you are my servant, so listen to what I say. Why should you build a temple for me? 6I didn't live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don't live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them. 7I chose leaders and told them to be like shepherds for my people Israel. But did I ever say anything to even one of them about building a cedar temple for me?
8 # Ps 151.4. David, this is what I, the Lord All-Powerful, say to you. I brought you in from the fields where you took care of sheep, and I made you the leader of my people. 9Wherever you went, I helped you and destroyed your enemies right in front of your eyes. I have made you one of the most famous people in the world.
10I have given my people Israel a land of their own where they can live in peace, and they won't have to tremble with fear any more. Evil nations won't bother them, as they did 11when I let judges rule my people. And I have kept your enemies from attacking you.
Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. 12#Ps 89.3,4; 132.11; Jn 7.42; Ac 2.30. I'll choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I'll make him a strong ruler, 13and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me. 14#Ps 89.26,27; 2 Co 6.18; He 1.5. I will be his father, and he will be my son.
When he does wrong, I'll see that he is corrected, just as children are corrected by their parents. 15But I will never put an end to my agreement with him, as I put an end to my agreement with Saul, who was king before you. 16#Ps 89.36,37. I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.
17Nathan told David exactly what he had heard in the vision.
David Gives Thanks to the Lord
(1 Chronicles 17.16-27)
18David went into the tent he had set up for the sacred chest. Then he sat there and prayed:
Lord All-Powerful, my family and I don't deserve what you have already done for us, 19and yet you have promised to do even more. Is this the way you usually treat people?#7.19 Is this … people: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. 20I am your servant, and you know my thoughts, so there is nothing more that I need to say. 21You have done this wonderful thing, and you have let me know about it, because you wanted to keep your promise.
22 Lord All-Powerful, you are greater than all others. No one is like you, and you alone are God. Everything we have heard about you is true. 23#Dt 4.32-34. And there is no other nation on earth like Israel, the nation you rescued from slavery in Egypt to be your own. You became famous by using great and wonderful miracles to force other nations and their gods out of your land, so your people could live here.#7.23 You … here: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. 24You have chosen Israel to be your people forever, and you have become their God.
25And now, Lord God, please do what you have promised me and my descendants. 26Then you will be famous forever, and everyone will say, “The Lord God All-Powerful rules Israel, and David's descendants are his chosen kings.” 27After all, you really are Israel's God, the Lord All-Powerful. You've told me that you will let my descendants be kings. That's why I have the courage to pray to you like this, even though I am only your servant.
28 Lord All-Powerful, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise. 29Please bless my descendants and let them always be your chosen kings. You have already promised, and I'm sure that you will bless my family forever.
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2 Samuel 7
7
The Lord’s Covenant with David
1When the king had settled into his palace#2Sm 5:11 and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2the king said to the prophet Nathan,#2Sm 12:1–7; 1Kg 1:8–11,34–45; 2Ch 9:29; 29:25 “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”#Ex 26:1; 1Ch 17:1
3So Nathan told the king, “Go and do all that is on your mind, for the Lord is with you.”
4But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: 5“Go to my servant David and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?#1Kg 5:3; 8:19; 1Ch 22:8; 28:3 6From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have been moving around with a tent as my dwelling.#Ex 25:8–9; 26:1 7In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’
8“So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.#1Sm 16:11–13 9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a great name#Gn 11:4; 12:2; 2Sm 7:23; Neh 9:10; Is 55:13; 63:14; Jr 32:20 for you like that of the greatest on the earth.#1Sm 18:14; 2Sm 5:10; 8:6 10I will designate a place#1Kg 8:21 for my people Israel and plant them,#Ex 15:17; Ps 44:2; 80:8,16; Is 5:2; Jr 1:10; 2:21; 11:17; 12:2; 18:9; 24:6; 31:28; 32:41; 42:10; 45:4; Am 9:15 so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done 11ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel.#Jdg 2:14–16; 1Sm 12:9–11 I will give you rest from all your enemies.
“‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord himself will make a house for you. 12When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.#Ac 13:23 13He is the one who will build a house for my name,#1Kg 5:2–5; 6:12; 8:18–19; Ac 7:47 and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.#Lk 1:32–33 14I will be his father, and he will be my son.#Ps 2:7; Heb 1:5; Rv 21:7 When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals. 15But my faithful love will never leave him#Ps 89:21,28,33 as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.#1Sm 15:24–28 16Your house and kingdom will endure before me#7:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read you forever,#Lk 1:32–33 and your throne will be established forever.’”#Ps 89:3–4,26–37; Ezk 34:23–24; Rv 11:15
17Nathan reported all these words and this entire vision to David.
David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving
18Then King David went in,#1Ch 17:16–27 sat in the Lord’s presence, and said,
Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far? 19What you have done so far#7:19 Lit Yet this was a little thing to you, Lord God, for you have also spoken about your servant’s house in the distant future. And this is a revelation#7:19 Or custom, or instruction for mankind, Lord God. 20What more can David say to you? You know your servant,#Ps 139:1–4 Lord God. 21Because of your word and according to your will, you have revealed all these great things to your servant.
22This is why you are great,#1Ch 16:25; 2Ch 2:5 Lord God. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you,#Mk 12:32 as all we have heard confirms. 23And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them#7:23 Some Hb mss, Tg, Vg, Syr; other Hb mss read you great and awesome acts,#7:23 LXX; MT reads acts for your land driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.#Dt 4:32–38 24You established your people Israel to be your own people forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.#Ex 6:7; Dt 26:18
25Now, Lord God, fulfill the promise forever that you have made to your servant and his house. Do as you have promised, 26so that your name will be exalted forever, when it is said, “The Lord of Armies is God over Israel.” The house of your servant David#Lk 1:69 will be established before you 27since you, Lord of Armies, God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant when you said, “I will build a house for you.” Therefore, your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you. 28Lord God, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. 29Now, please bless your servant’s house so that it will continue before you forever. For you, Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing your servant’s house will be blessed forever.#2Sm 22:51; Ps 89:28–29
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