bes - 2Samuel:7:1-17

bes@2Samuel:7:1 @ And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side free from all his enemies round about him;

bes@2Samuel:7:2 @ that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.

bes@2Samuel:7:3 @ And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee.

bes@2Samuel:7:4 @ And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

bes@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.

bes@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt to this day, but I have been walking in a lodge and in a tent,

bes@2Samuel:7:7 @ wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of Cedar?

bes@2Samuel:7:8 @ And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheep-cote, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people, over Israel.

bes@2Samuel:7:9 @ And I was with thee wheresoever thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies before thee, and I made thee renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth.

bes@2Samuel:7:10 @ And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant (note:)Gr. it(:note) them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he has done from the beginning,

bes@2Samuel:7:11 @ from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies, and the Lord will tell thee that thou shalt build a house to him.

bes@2Samuel:7:12 @ And it shall come to pass when thy days shall have been fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, even thine own issue, and I will establish his kingdom.

bes@2Samuel:7:13 @ He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever.

bes@2Samuel:7:14 @ I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.

bes@2Samuel:7:15 @ But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence.

bes@2Samuel:7:16 @ And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever.

bes@2Samuel:7:17 @ According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.