{"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/kjv/2-samuel/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:52:06.148Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;"},{"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 <i>is</i> in thine heart; for the LORD <i>is</i> with thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And it came to pass that 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":"Whereas I have not dwelt in <i>any</i> house since the time 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 <i>the places</i> 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 build ye not me an house of cedar?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great <i>men</i> that <i>are</i> in the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And as since the time that I commanded judges <i>to be</i> over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And 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 stablish 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 away from him, as I took <i>it</i> from Saul, whom I put away before thee."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established 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 went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who <i>am</i> I, O Lord GOD? and what <i>is</i> my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And <i>is</i> this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know <i>them</i>."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for <i>there is</i> none like thee, neither <i>is there any</i> God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And what one nation in the earth <i>is</i> like thy people, <i>even</i> like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, <i>from</i> the nations and their gods?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel <i>to be</i> a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish <i>it</i> for ever, and do as thou hast said."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts <i>is</i> the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For thou, O LORD of hosts, 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 <i>art</i> that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Therefore now 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 <i>it</i>: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Samuel 7 (KJV)","markdown":"[2 Samuel 7](https://primebible.com/kjv/2-samuel/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/2-samuel/7 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}