{"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/erv/2-samuel/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:23:00.293Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And it came to pass the same night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"for I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedar?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest 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 I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover the LORD telleth thee that the LORD will make thee an house."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When thy days be 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":"He shall build an 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 children of men;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"but my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And thine house and thy kingdom shall be made sure 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 unto David."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord GOD!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: 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 what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is God over Israel: and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Samuel 7 (ERV)","markdown":"[2 Samuel 7](https://primebible.com/erv/2-samuel/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/2-samuel/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}