1 King David moved into his new palace, and the Lordlet his kingdom be at peace. 2 Then one day, as David was talking with Nathanthe prophet, David said, "Look around! I live in a palace made of cedar, but the sacred chest has to stay in a tent."
3 Nathanreplied, "The Lordis with you, so do what you want!"
4 That night, the Lordtold Nathan5 to go to Davidand give him this message:
David, you are my servant, so listen to what I say. Why should you build a temple for me? 6 I didn’t live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don’t live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them. 7 I chose leaders and told them to be like shepherds for my people Israel. But did I ever say anything to even one of them about building a cedar temple for me?
8 Ps 151.4.David, this is what I, the LordAll-Powerful, say to you. I brought you in from the fields where you took care of sheep, and I made you the leader of my people. 9 Wherever you went, I helped you and destroyed your enemies right in front of your eyes. I have made you one of the most famous people in the world.
10 I have given my people Israel a land of their own where they can live in peace, and they won’t have to tremble with fear any more. Evil nations won’t bother them, as they did 11 when I let judges rule my people. And I have kept your enemies from attacking you.
Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. 12 Ps 89.3,4;132.11;Jn 7.42;Ac 2.30.I’ll choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I’ll make him a strong ruler, 13 and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me. 14 Ps 89.26,27;2 Co 6.18;He 1.5.I will be his father, and he will be my son.
When he does wrong, I’ll see that he is corrected, just as children are corrected by their parents. 15 But I will never put an end to my agreement with him, as I put an end to my agreement with Saul, who was king before you. 16 Ps 89.36,37.I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.
17 Nathantold Davidexactly what he had heard in the vision.
Nathan, a prophet in the days of David, conveyed to the king the promise of an eternal dynasty and rebuked him for his sin with Bathsheba through the parable of the lamb (2 Samuel 12:7).
Nathan, a prophet in the days of David, conveyed to the king the promise of an eternal dynasty and rebuked him for his sin with Bathsheba through the parable of the lamb (2 Samuel 12:7).
Nathan, a prophet in the days of David, conveyed to the king the promise of an eternal dynasty and rebuked him for his sin with Bathsheba through the parable of the lamb (2 Samuel 12:7).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Saul, son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, was the first king of Israel, anointed by Samuel; he disobeyed the Lord, pursued David, and died on Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 9:2).
Nathan, a prophet in the days of David, conveyed to the king the promise of an eternal dynasty and rebuked him for his sin with Bathsheba through the parable of the lamb (2 Samuel 12:7).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).