The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| II Samuel | 6 | (23) Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (1) AND IT came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (2) That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (3) And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (4) And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (5) Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (6) Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (7) In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (8) Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (9) And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (10) Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (11) And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (12) And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (13) He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (14) I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (15) But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (16) And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (17) According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (18) Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? | |
| II Samuel | 7 | (19) And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? | |