1Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.stylus1 Chronicles 15:1, 1 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 6:7, 2 Chronicles 6:9, 1 Chronicles 15:12And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.stylus1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Corinthians 13:9, 1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Corinthians 13:9, Joshua 9:143But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,stylus2 Kings 20:1, 2 Kings 20:5, Numbers 12:6, Amos 3:7, Isaiah 30:214Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:stylus1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, 1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, Romans 11:335For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.stylus2 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 7:6, 1 Kings 8:16, Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:36In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?stylus2 Samuel 7:7, 2 Samuel 7:7, Revelation 2:1, Matthew 2:6, Numbers 10:337So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;stylus2 Samuel 6:21, 2 Samuel 6:21, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:18And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.stylus1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Chronicles 17:2, 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Chronicles 17:2, Psalms 46:79And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,stylusExodus 1:13, Exodus 1:14, Ephesians 5:6, Exodus 2:23, Ezekiel 36:1410From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.stylus2 Samuel 7:11, 2 Samuel 7:11, Judges 2:14, Judges 2:18, Psalms 18:4011And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.stylusPsalms 132:11, Psalms 132:11, 1 Chronicles 29:15, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:1312He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.stylus1 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, 1 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 9:713I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;stylusHebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:5, Psalms 2:12, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Samuel 15:2814But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.stylusPsalms 89:36, Psalms 89:36, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, Psalms 72:1715So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.stylusActs 20:27, 2 Samuel 7:17, Jeremiah 23:28, Acts 20:27, 2 Samuel 7:1716Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?stylusGenesis 32:10, 2 Samuel 7:18, Genesis 32:10, 2 Samuel 7:18, Ephesians 3:817And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.stylusPhilippians 2:8, Philippians 2:11, 1 Chronicles 17:7, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 1 Chronicles 17:1118What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.stylusRevelation 2:23, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 2:30, 2 Samuel 7:20, 2 Samuel 7:2419O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.stylusIsaiah 37:35, Isaiah 37:35, Isaiah 49:3, Isaiah 49:5, Isaiah 49:620O Lord, there is no one like you, and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.stylusIsaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:6, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7, Ephesians 3:2021And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?stylusEzekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:10, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:10, Deuteronomy 15:1522For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.stylusExodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, 1 Peter 2:923And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.stylusJeremiah 11:5, Psalms 119:49, Luke 1:38, Jeremiah 11:5, Psalms 119:4924So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.stylusJohn 17:1, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Psalms 90:17, Hebrews 8:10, Matthew 6:1325For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.stylusPsalms 10:17, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, Ezekiel 36:37, 1 Samuel 9:1526And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:stylusHebrews 6:18, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:1827And now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.stylusEphesians 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 11:29, Romans 11:29, Psalms 72:17