1After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,stylus1 Kings 5:4, Proverbs 16:7, 1 Kings 5:4, Proverbs 16:7, 2 Chronicles 14:62he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”stylus2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:1, Exodus 26:13And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that 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 8:174But 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 3:75“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?stylus1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Chronicles 22:76For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.stylus1 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 8:16, Joshua 18:1, Exodus 40:18, Exodus 40:197In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’stylus1 Chronicles 17:6, 1 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Samuel 5:2, 2 Samuel 5:2, Leviticus 26:118Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.stylusPsalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, 1 Samuel 16:119I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.stylus2 Samuel 5:10, 2 Samuel 5:10, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 2 Samuel 8:610And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginningstylusAmos 9:15, Amos 9:15, 1 Chronicles 17:9, 1 Chronicles 17:9, Jeremiah 24:611and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.stylus2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, 1 Chronicles 17:1012And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.stylus1 Kings 2:1, 1 Kings 8:20, Acts 2:30, 1 Kings 2:1, 1 Kings 8:2013He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.stylus1 Kings 8:19, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:33, 1 Kings 8:19, Luke 1:3114I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.stylusHebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:5, Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, 1 Chronicles 28:615But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.stylus1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 89:28, 1 Samuel 15:2816Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”stylusPsalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Luke 1:3217So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.stylus1 Chronicles 17:15, 1 Chronicles 17:15, Acts 20:20, 1 Corinthians 15:3, Acts 20:2718Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?stylusPsalms 8:4, Psalms 8:4, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 1 Samuel 18:1819And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?stylusIsaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, 1 Chronicles 17:1720What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.stylusJohn 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, John 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalms 139:121For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.stylusPsalms 115:1, Psalms 115:1, Ephesians 1:9, Luke 12:32, Psalms 138:222How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.stylusPsalms 86:10, Psalms 86:10, Psalms 86:8, Exodus 15:11, Psalms 86:823And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.stylusDeuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 33:2924For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.stylusDeuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 26:18, 1 Peter 2:10, 1 Peter 2:10, Genesis 17:725And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,stylusPsalms 119:49, Psalms 119:49, Ezekiel 36:37, Ezekiel 36:37, Genesis 32:1226so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established 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 Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer 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! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.stylusJohn 17:17, John 17:17, Exodus 34:6, Numbers 23:19, Exodus 34:629Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”stylus1 Chronicles 17:27, Numbers 6:24, Numbers 6:26, 1 Chronicles 17:27, Numbers 6:24