1Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;stylus1 Kings 5:4, Proverbs 16:7, 1 Kings 5:4, Proverbs 16:7, 2 Chronicles 14:62The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.stylus2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:1, Exodus 26:13And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.stylus1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Kings 8:17, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:174Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,stylus1 Chronicles 17:3, 1 Chronicles 17:3, Numbers 12:6, Numbers 12:6, Amos 3:75Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?stylus1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Chronicles 22:76For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.stylus1 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 8:16, Joshua 18:1, Exodus 40:18, Exodus 40:197In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?stylus1 Chronicles 17:6, 1 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Samuel 5:2, 2 Samuel 5:2, Leviticus 26:118Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:stylusPsalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, 1 Samuel 16:119And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.stylus2 Samuel 5:10, 2 Samuel 5:10, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 2 Samuel 8:610And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,stylusAmos 9:15, Amos 9:15, 1 Chronicles 17:9, 1 Chronicles 17:9, Jeremiah 24:611From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.stylus2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, 1 Chronicles 17:1012And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.stylus1 Kings 2:1, 1 Kings 8:20, Acts 2:30, 1 Kings 2:1, 1 Kings 8:2013He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.stylus1 Kings 8:19, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:33, 1 Kings 8:19, Luke 1:3114I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;stylusHebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:5, Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, 1 Chronicles 28:615But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.stylus1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 89:28, 1 Samuel 15:2816And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.stylusPsalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Luke 1:3217So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.stylus1 Chronicles 17:15, 1 Chronicles 17:15, Acts 20:20, 1 Corinthians 15:3, Acts 20:2718Then 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?stylusPsalms 8:4, Psalms 8:4, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 1 Samuel 18:1819And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!stylusIsaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, 1 Chronicles 17:1720What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.stylusJohn 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, John 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalms 139:121Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.stylusPsalms 115:1, Psalms 115:1, Ephesians 1:9, Luke 12:32, Psalms 138:222Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.stylusPsalms 86:10, Psalms 86:10, Psalms 86:8, Exodus 15:11, Psalms 86:823And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?stylusDeuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 33:2924But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.stylusDeuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 26:18, 1 Peter 2:10, 1 Peter 2:10, Genesis 17:725And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!stylusPsalms 119:49, Psalms 119:49, Ezekiel 36:37, Ezekiel 36:37, Genesis 32:1226And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!stylus1 Chronicles 17:23, 1 Chronicles 17:24, 1 Chronicles 17:23, 1 Chronicles 17:24, Matthew 6:927For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.stylus1 Chronicles 17:25, 1 Chronicles 17:26, 1 Chronicles 17:25, 1 Chronicles 17:26, Ruth 4:428And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;stylusJohn 17:17, John 17:17, Exodus 34:6, Numbers 23:19, Exodus 34:629So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!stylus1 Chronicles 17:27, Numbers 6:24, Numbers 6:26, 1 Chronicles 17:27, Numbers 6:24