The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Samuel 07
1 When the king lived in his house, and
Yahweh had given him rest from all his
enemies all around,
2 the king said to Nathan the prophet,
“See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but
God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that
is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”
4 That same night, Yahweh’s word came
to Nathan, saying,
5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh
says, “Should you build me a house for me
to dwell in?
6 For I have not lived in a house since
the day thatI broughtthe children ofIsrael
up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have
moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all places in which I have walked
with all the children of Israel, did I say a
word to anyone from the tribes of Israel
whom I commanded to be shepherd of my
people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not
built me a house of cedar?’ ” ’
8 Now therefore tell my servant David
this: ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you
from the sheep pen, from following the
sheep, to be prince over my people, over
Israel.
9 I have been with you wherever you
went, and have cut off all your enemies
from before you. I will make you a great
name, like the name of the great ones who
are in the earth.
10 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. The children of wickedness will not
afflict them any more, as at the first,
11 and as from the day thatI commanded
judges to be over my people Israel. I will
cause you to rest from all your enemies.
Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh
will make you a house.
12 When your days are fulfilled and you
sleep with your fathers, I will set up your
offspring after you, who will proceed out
of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He willbuildahouse formyname, and
I will establish the throne of his kingdom
forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my
son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten
him with the rod of men and with the
stripes of the children of men;
15 but my loving kindness will not depart
fromhim, as Itook itfromSaul, whomIput
away before you.
1 When the king lived in his house, and
Yahweh had given him rest from all his
enemies all around,
2 the king said to Nathan the prophet,
“See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but
God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that
is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”
4 That same night, Yahweh’s word came
to Nathan, saying,
5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh
says, “Should you build me a house for me
to dwell in?
6 For I have not lived in a house since
the day thatI broughtthe children ofIsrael
up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have
moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all places in which I have walked
with all the children of Israel, did I say a
word to anyone from the tribes of Israel
whom I commanded to be shepherd of my
people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not
built me a house of cedar?’ ” ’
8 Now therefore tell my servant David
this: ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you
from the sheep pen, from following the
sheep, to be prince over my people, over
Israel.
9 I have been with you wherever you
went, and have cut off all your enemies
from before you. I will make you a great
name, like the name of the great ones who
are in the earth.
10 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. The children of wickedness will not
afflict them any more, as at the first,
11 and as from the day thatI commanded
judges to be over my people Israel. I will
cause you to rest from all your enemies.
Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh
will make you a house.
12 When your days are fulfilled and you
sleep with your fathers, I will set up your
offspring after you, who will proceed out
of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He willbuildahouse formyname, and
I will establish the throne of his kingdom
forever.
14 I will be his father, and he will be my
son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten
him with the rod of men and with the
stripes of the children of men;
15 but my loving kindness will not depart
fromhim, as Itook itfromSaul, whomIput
away before you.