{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/2-samuel/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:45:09.413Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"2 Samuel","bookSlug":"2-samuel","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":24,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And it came to pass when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwells under curtains."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And it came to pass that night that the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but I went about in a tent and in a tabernacle."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In all my going about with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness afflict them any more, as formerly,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I have given thee rest from all thine enemies; and Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before thee."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said, Who am I, Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And yet this hath been a small thing in thy sight, Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, Lord Jehovah?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord Jehovah, knowest thy servant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make thy servant know it."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Wherefore thou art great, Jehovah Elohim; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for them great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And now, Jehovah Elohim, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, fulfil it for ever, and do as thou hast said."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For thou, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And now, Lord Jehovah, thou art that God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"and now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed for ever."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Samuel 7 (DBT)","markdown":"[2 Samuel 7](https://primebible.com/dbt/2-samuel/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/2-samuel/7 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}