1It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains."stylus1 Chronicles 15:1, 1 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 6:7, 2 Chronicles 6:9, 1 Chronicles 15:12Nathan said to David, "Do all that 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 9:143It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,stylus2 Kings 20:1, 2 Kings 20:5, Numbers 12:6, Amos 3:7, Isaiah 30:214"Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says the Lord, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;stylus1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, 1 Chronicles 28:2, 1 Chronicles 28:3, Romans 11:335for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.stylus2 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 7:6, 1 Kings 8:16, Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:36In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'stylus2 Samuel 7:7, 2 Samuel 7:7, Revelation 2:1, Matthew 2:6, Numbers 10:337"Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.stylus2 Samuel 6:21, 2 Samuel 6:21, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:18I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.stylus1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Chronicles 17:2, 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Chronicles 17:2, Psalms 46:79I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,stylusExodus 1:13, Exodus 1:14, Ephesians 5:6, Exodus 2:23, Ezekiel 36:1410and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that the Lord will build you a house.stylus2 Samuel 7:11, 2 Samuel 7:11, Judges 2:14, Judges 2:18, Psalms 18:4011It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.stylusPsalms 132:11, Psalms 132:11, 1 Chronicles 29:15, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:1312He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.stylus1 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, 1 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 9:713I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;stylusHebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:5, Psalms 2:12, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Samuel 15:2814but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne shall be established forever."'"stylusPsalms 89:36, Psalms 89:36, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, Psalms 72:1715According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.stylusActs 20:27, 2 Samuel 7:17, Jeremiah 23:28, Acts 20:27, 2 Samuel 7:1716Then David the king went in, and sat before the Lord; and he said, "Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?stylusGenesis 32:10, 2 Samuel 7:18, Genesis 32:10, 2 Samuel 7:18, Ephesians 3:817This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Lord God.stylusPhilippians 2:8, Philippians 2:11, 1 Chronicles 17:7, 1 Chronicles 17:8, 1 Chronicles 17:1118What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.stylusRevelation 2:23, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 2:30, 2 Samuel 7:20, 2 Samuel 7:2419Lord, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make known all these great things.stylusIsaiah 37:35, Isaiah 37:35, Isaiah 49:3, Isaiah 49:5, Isaiah 49:620Lord, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.stylusIsaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:6, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7, Ephesians 3:2021What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?stylusEzekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:10, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:10, Deuteronomy 15:1522For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, Lord, became their God.stylusExodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, 1 Peter 2:923Now, Lord, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.stylusJeremiah 11:5, Psalms 119:49, Luke 1:38, Jeremiah 11:5, Psalms 119:4924Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.'stylusJohn 17:1, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Psalms 90:17, Hebrews 8:10, Matthew 6:1325For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.stylusPsalms 10:17, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, Ezekiel 36:37, 1 Samuel 9:1526Now, Lord, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.stylusHebrews 6:18, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:1827Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord, have blessed, and it is blessed forever."stylusEphesians 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 11:29, Romans 11:29, Psalms 72:17