<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3427">sat</s> in his <sn="1004">house</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had given him <sn="5117">rest</s> round <sn="4480 5439">about</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> his <sn="341">enemies</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>That the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5416">Nathan</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="7200">See</s><sn="4994">now</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in a <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="730">cedar</s>, but the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="3427">dwelleth</s><sn="8432">within</s><sn="3407">curtains</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="5416">Nathan</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> is in thine <sn="3824">heart</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3915">night</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5416">Nathan</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="559 413">tell</s> my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Shalt <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1129">build</s> me a <sn="1004">house</s> for me to <sn="3427">dwell</s> in? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">Whereas</s> I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in any <sn="1004">house</s> since the <sn="4480 3117">time</s> that I brought <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, but <sn="1961">have</s><sn="1980">walked</s> in a <sn="168">tent</s> and in a <sn="4908">tabernacle</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>In <sn="3605">all</s> the places <sn="834">wherein</s> I have <sn="1980">walked</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1696">spoke</s> I a <sn="1697">word</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="259">any</s> of the <sn="7626">tribes</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="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s><sn="1129">build</s> ye <sn="3808">not</s> me a <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="730">cedar</s>? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="6258">Now</s><sn="3541">therefore</s> so 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>, from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="6629">sheep</s>, to <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5057">ruler</s><sn="5921">over</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>And I <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee <sn="3605 834">whithersoever</s> thou <sn="1980">wentest</s>, and have cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s> out of thy <sn="4480 6440">sight</s>, and have <sn="6213">made</s> thee a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8034">name</s>, like unto the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="1419">great</s> men <sn="834">that</s> are in the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Moreover I will <sn="7760">appoint</s> a <sn="4725">place</s> for my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and will <sn="5193">plant</s> them, that they may <sn="7931">dwell</s> in a <sn="8478">place</s> of their own, and <sn="7264">move</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="6031">afflict</s> them any <sn="3254">more</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="7223">formerly</s>, </v>
<vn='11'>And as <sn="4480">since</s> the <sn="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>, and have caused thee to <sn="5117">rest</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s>. Also the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5046">telleth</s> thee <sn="3588">that</s> he will <sn="6213">make</s> thee a <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3588">when</s> thy <sn="3117">days</s> be <sn="4390">fulfilled</s>, and thou shalt <sn="7901">sleep</s><sn="854">with</s> thy <sn="1">fathers</s>, I will set <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="310">after</s> thee, <sn="834">which</s> shall <sn="3318">proceed</s> out of thy <sn="4480 4578">bowels</s>, and I will <sn="3559">establish</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4467">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1931">He</s> shall <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> for my <sn="8034">name</s>, and I will <sn="3559">establish</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of his <sn="4467">kingdom</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><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>. <sn="834">If</s> he commit <sn="5753">iniquity</s>, I will <sn="3198">chasten</s> him with the <sn="7626">rod</s> of <sn="376">men</s>, and with the <sn="5061">stripes</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="120">men</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>But my <sn="2617">mercy</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> depart <sn="5493">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> him, <sn="834">as</s> I <sn="5493">took</s> it <sn="4480 5973">from</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> I put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='16'>And thine <sn="1004">house</s> and thy <sn="4467">kingdom</s> shall be <sn="539">established</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee: thy <sn="3678">throne</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3559">established</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>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="2384">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='18'>Then <sn="935">went</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s> in, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3069">LORD</s>, and he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> am <sn="595">I</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>? and <sn="4310">what</s> is my <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou hast <sn="935">brought</s> me <sn="5704 1988">hitherto</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="2063">this</s> was <sn="5750">yet</s> a <sn="6994">small</s> thing in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; but thou hast <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="413">of</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> for a great while to <sn="4480 7350">come</s>. And is <sn="2063">this</s> the <sn="8452">manner</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="4100">what</s> can <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3254 1696">say</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee? for <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>For thy word's <sn="5668 1697">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">these</s> great <sn="1420">things</s>, to make <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3045">know</s> them. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> thou art <sn="1431">great</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="136">God</s>: <sn="3588">for</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='23'>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>, even like <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="430">God</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="6299">redeem</s> for a <sn="5971">people</s> to himself, and to <sn="7760">make</s> him a <sn="8034">name</s>, and to <sn="6213">do</s> for you <sn="1420">great</s> things and <sn="3372">terrible</s>, for thy <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="4480 6440">before</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="6299">redeemedst</s> to thee from <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, from the <sn="1471">nations</s> and their <sn="430">gods</s>? </v>
<vn='24'>For thou hast <sn="3559">confirmed</s> to thyself <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to be a <sn="5971">people</s> unto thee <sn="5704 5769">forever</s>: and <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, art <sn="1961">become</s> their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, the <sn="1697">word</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>, <sn="6965">establish</s> it, <sn="5704 5769">forever</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="834">as</s> thou hast <sn="1696">said</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And let thy <sn="8034">name</s> 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><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and let the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="3559">established</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, hast <sn="1540 241">revealed</s> to thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, I will <sn="1129">build</s> thee a <sn="1004">house</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> hath thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="4672">found</s> in <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="1931">that</s><sn="430">God</s>, and thy <sn="1697">words</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="571">true</s>, and thou hast <sn="1696">promised</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="2896">goodness</s><sn="413">unto</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>: </v>
<vn='29'>Therefore <sn="6258">now</s> let it <sn="2794">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">continue</s><sn="5769">forever</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, hast <sn="1696">spoken</s> it: and with thy <sn="4480 1293">blessing</s> let the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s> be <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>