1,2 Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house 3-10 after by the word of God forbids him 11-15 He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed 16-27 David's prayer and thanksgiving

as David 2Sa 7:1,2 2Ch 6:7-9 Da 4:4,29,30

Nathan 1Ch 29:29 2Sa 12:1,25 1Ki 1:8,23,44

I dwell 1Ch 14:1 Jer 22:15 Hag 1:4,9

the ark Ps 132:5 Ac 7:46

under curtains 1Ch 17:5 15:1 16:1 Ex 40:19-21 2Sa 6:17 2Ch 1:4

2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

Do all 1Ch 22:7 28:2 Jos 9:14 1Sa 16:7 Ps 20:4 1Co 13:9

for God 1Sa 10:7 2Sa 7:3 Zec 8:23 Lu 1:28

3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

word Nu 12:6 2Ki 20:1-5 Isa 30:21 Am 3:7

4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

tell Isa 55:8,9 Ro 11:33,34

Thou shalt not 1Ch 22:7,8 28:2,3 2Sa 7:4,5 1Ki 8:19 2Ch 6:8,9

5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

dwelt 2Sa 7:6 1Ki 8:27 2Ch 2:6 6:18 Isa 66:1,2 Ac 7:44-50

gone [heb] been
from tent to tent Ex 40:2,3 2Sa 6:17 1Ki 8:4,16

6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

walked Ex 33:14,14,15 40:35-38 Le 26:11,12 Nu 10:33-36 De 23:14 2Co 6:16 Re 2:1

the judges Jud 2:16-18 1Sa 12:11 2Sa 7:7

tribes Ac 13:20

feed 1Ch 11:2 Ps 78:71,72 Jer 23:4 Eze 34:2 Mic 5:4 Mt 2:6

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

I took thee Ex 3:1-10 1Sa 16:11,12 17:15 2Sa 7:8 Ps 78:70,71 Am 7:14,15 Mt 4:18-22 Lu 5:10

from following [heb] from after
ruler 2Sa 6:21 Mt 2:6

8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

I have been 1Ch 17:2 Ge 28:15 1Sa 18:14,28 2Sa 7:9 8:6,8,14 Ps 46:7,11

have cut off 1Sa 26:10 31:1-6 2Sa 22:1,38-41 Ps 18:1

made thee 1Ch 7:17 2Sa 8:13 Ezr 4:20 Ps 71:21 75:7 113:7,8 Lu 1:52

9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

I will Jer 31:3-12 Eze 34:13

plant Ps 44:2 92:13 Isa 61:3 Jer 24:6 32:41

and shall be Eze 28:4 36:14,15 37:25 Am 9:15 Re 21:4

the children Ps 89:22 Eph 2:2,3 5:6

waste Isa 49:17 60:18

as the Ex 1:12,14 2:23

10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

And since Jud 2:14-18 3:8 4:3 6:3-6 1Sa 13:5,6,19,20

Moreover Ps 18:40 21:8,9 89:23 110:1 1Co 15:25

the Lord Ex 1:21 2Sa 7:11 Ps 127:1

11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

when thy 1Ch 29:15,28 Ac 13:36

go to be Ge 15:15 De 31:16 1Ki 1:21 2:10 Ac 2:29

I will raise 1Ch 28:5 2Sa 7:12,13 12:24,25 1Ki 8:20 Ps 132:11 Jer 23:5,6 Ro 1:3,4

12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

He shall 1Ch 22:9,10 28:6-10 1Ki 5:5 2Ch 3:1-4:22 Ezr 5:11 Zec 6:12,13 Joh 2:19-21 Ac 7:47,48 Col 2:9

I will Ps 89:4,29,36,37 Isa 9:7 Da 2:44 1Co 15:25 Re 11:15

13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

I will be 2Sa 7:14 Ps 89:26-28 Isa 55:3 Heb 1:5

my son Ps 2:7,12 Lu 9:35 Joh 3:35

I will not 2Sa 7:15,16 1Ki 11:12,13,36

as I took 1Ch 17:12 10:14 1Sa 15:28

14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

in mine In the parallel passage, it is `thine house, and thy kingdom.' Jehovah was Israel's king; and David and Solomon were merely his viceregents, as well as types of the Messiah Ps 2:6 72:17 89:36 Lu 1:32,33 Heb 3:6

15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

According 2Sa 7:17 Jer 23:28 Ac 20:27

16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

sat before 2Sa 7:18 2Ki 19:14

Who am I Ge 32:10 Ps 144:3 Eph 3:8

what is Jud 6:15 1Sa 9:21

that thou hast Ge 48:15,16 1Sa 7:12 Ac 26:22 2Co 1:10

17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

a small thing 1Ch 17:7,8 2Sa 7:19 12:8 2Ki 3:18 Isa 49:6

thou hast 1Ch 17:11-15 Eph 3:20

hast regarded 1Sa 17:8 1Ki 3:13 Ps 78:70-72 89:19 Php 2:8-11

18 What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

the honour 1Sa 2:30 2Sa 7:20-24

thou knowest 1Sa 16:7 Ps 139:1 Joh 21:17 Re 2:23

19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

thy servant Isa 37:35 42:1 49:3,5,6 Da 9:17

according Mt 11:26 Eph 1:9-11 3:11

great things [heb] greatness 1Ch 29:11,12 Ps 111:3,6

20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

none Ex 15:11 18:11 De 3:24 33:26 Ps 86:8 89:6,8 Isa 40:18,25 Jer 10:6,7 Eph 3:20

beside thee De 4:35,39 1Sa 2:2 Isa 43:10 44:6 45:5,22

according Ps 44:1 78:3,4 Isa 63:12

21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

what one De 4:7,32-34 33:26-29 Ps 147:20

redeem Ex 3:7,8 19:4-6 De 15:15 Ps 77:15 107:2 111:9 Isa 63:9 Tit 2:14

make thee Ne 9:10 Isa 48:9 63:12 Eze 20:9,10

greatness De 4:34 Ps 56:5 66:3-7 114:3-8 Isa 64:3

by driving De 7:1,2 Jos 10:42 21:43-45 24:11,12 Ps 44:2,3

22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

thy people Ge 17:7 Ex 19:5,6 De 7:6-8 26:18,19 1Sa 12:22 Jer 31:31-34 Zec 13:9 Ro 9:4-6,25,26 11:1,2 1Pe 2:9

23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

let the thing Ge 32:12 2Sa 7:25-29 Ps 119:49 Jer 11:5 Lu 1:38

24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

that thy name 2Ch 6:33 Ps 21:13 72:19 Mt 6:9,13 Joh 12:28 17:1 Php 2:11 1Pe 4:11

a God Jer 31:1 Heb 8:10 11:16 Re 21:3

and let Ps 90:17

25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.

told thy servant [heb] revealed the ear of thy servant 1Sa 9:15

that thou 1Ch 17:10

found Ps 10:17 Eze 36:37 1Jo 5:14,15

26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

thou are God Ex 36:37 1Jo 5:14,15

27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.

let it please. or, it hath pleased
blessest Ge 27:33 Ps 72:17 Ro 11:29 Eph 1:3