<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">sat</s> in his <sn="1004">house</s>, that <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5416">Nathan</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="2009">Lo</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in a <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="730">cedars</s>, but the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> remaineth <sn="8478">under</s><sn="3407">curtains</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="6213">Do</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> is in thine <sn="3824">heart</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='3'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3915">night</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5416">Nathan</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="559 413">tell</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="5650">servant</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1129">build</s> me a <sn="1004">house</s> to dwell <sn="3427">in</s>: </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">For</s> I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in a <sn="1004">house</s><sn="4480">since</s> the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">that</s> I brought <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>; but have <sn="1961">gone</s> from <sn="4480 168">tent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="168">tent</s>, and from one <sn="4480 4908">tabernacle</s> to another. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3605 834">Wheresoever</s> I have <sn="1980">walked</s> with <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="1696">spoke</s> I a <sn="1697">word</s><sn="854">to</s><sn="259">any</s> of the <sn="8199">judges</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s> to <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s> have ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1129">built</s> me a <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="730">cedars</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="3541">thus</s> shalt thou <sn="559">say</s> unto my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="3947">took</s> thee <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5116">sheepcote</s>, even <sn="4480">from</s><sn="310">following</s> the <sn="6629">sheep</s>, that thou shouldest <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5057">ruler</s><sn="5921">over</s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>And I have <sn="1961">been</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee <sn="3605 834">whithersoever</s> thou hast <sn="1980">walked</s>, and have cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> thee, and have <sn="6213">made</s> thee a <sn="8034">name</s> like the <sn="8034">name</s> of the great <sn="1419">men</s><sn="834">that</s> are in the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Also I will <sn="7760">ordain</s> a <sn="4725">place</s> for my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and will <sn="5193">plant</s> them, and they shall <sn="7931">dwell</s> in their <sn="8478">place</s>, and shall be <sn="7264">moved</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5766">wickedness</s><sn="1086">waste</s> them any <sn="3254">more</s>, <sn="834">as</s> at the <sn="7223">beginning</s>, </v>
<vn='10'>And since the <sn="4480 3117">time</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="8199">judges</s> to be <sn="5921">over</s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. Moreover I will <sn="3665">subdue</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s>. Furthermore I <sn="5046">tell</s> thee that the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="1129">build</s> thee a <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> thy <sn="3117">days</s> be <sn="4390">expired</s> that thou must <sn="1980">go</s> to be <sn="5973">with</s> thy <sn="1">fathers</s>, that I will raise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="310">after</s> thee, <sn="834">which</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> of thy <sn="4480 1121">sons</s>; and I will <sn="3559">establish</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4438">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1931">He</s> shall <sn="1129">build</s> me a <sn="1004">house</s>, and I will <sn="3559">establish</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3678">throne</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="1961">be</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> my <sn="1121">son</s>: and I will <sn="3808">not</s> take my mercy <sn="5493 2617">away</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> him, <sn="834">as</s> I <sn="5493">took</s> it from him <sn="4480 834">that</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee: </v>
<vn='14'>But I will <sn="5975">settle</s> him in mine <sn="1004">house</s> and in my <sn="4438">kingdom</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>: and his <sn="3678">throne</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3559">established</s><sn="5704 5769">forevermore</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>According to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, and according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="2377">vision</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> did <sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="1732">David</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> am <sn="589">I</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="4310">what</s> is mine <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou hast <sn="935">brought</s> me <sn="5704 1988">hitherto</s>? </v>
<vn='17'>And yet <sn="2063">this</s> was a small <sn="6994">thing</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, O <sn="430">God</s>; for thou hast also <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5921">of</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> for a great while to <sn="4480 7350">come</s>, and hast <sn="7200">regarded</s> me according to the <sn="8448">estate</s> of a <sn="120">man</s> of high <sn="4609">degree</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="4100">What</s> can <sn="1732">David</s> speak <sn="3254 5750">more</s><sn="413">to</s> thee for the <sn="3519">honor</s> of <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>? for <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, for thy servant's <sn="5668 5650">sake</s>, and according to thine own <sn="3820">heart</s>, hast thou <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="1420">greatness</s>, in making <sn="3045">known</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> these great <sn="1420">things</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, there is <sn="369">none</s> like <sn="3644">thee</s>, <sn="369">neither</s> is there any <sn="430">God</s><sn="2108">beside</s> thee, according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> we have <sn="8085">heard</s> with our <sn="241">ears</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="4310">what</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="1471">nation</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s> is like thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="430">God</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="6299">redeem</s> to be his own <sn="5971">people</s>, to <sn="7760">make</s> thee a <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="1420">greatness</s> and <sn="3372">terribleness</s>, by driving <sn="1644">out</s><sn="1471">nations</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> thou hast <sn="6299">redeemed</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>? </v>
<vn='22'>For <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> didst thou <sn="5414">make</s> thine own <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>; and <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1961">becamest</s> their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Therefore <sn="6258">now</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, let the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> and <sn="5921">concerning</s> his <sn="1004">house</s> be <sn="539">established</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="834">as</s> thou hast <sn="1696">said</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Let it even be <sn="539">established</s>, that thy <sn="8034">name</s> may be <sn="1431">magnified</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, even a <sn="430">God</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and let the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> be <sn="3559">established</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="859">thou</s>, O my <sn="430">God</s>, hast <sn="1540 *853 241">told</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> that thou wilt <sn="1129">build</s> him a <sn="1004">house</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> hath <sn="4672">found</s> in his heart to <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="430">God</s>, and hast <sn="1696">promised</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="2896">goodness</s><sn="5921">unto</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore let it <sn="2974">please</s> thee to <sn="1288">bless</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, that it may <sn="1961">be</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee <sn="5769">forever</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="1288">blessest</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and it shall be <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>