1-3 Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house 4-11 After by the word of God forbids him 12-17 God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed 18-29 David's prayer and thanksgiving

the king 1Ch 17:1 Da 4:29,30

the Lord Jos 21:44 23:1 1Ki 5:4 2Ch 14:6 Ps 18:1 Lu 1:74,75

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.

Nathan 2Sa 12:1 1Ch 29:29

I dwell 2Sa 5:11 1Ch 14:1 Jer 22:13-15 Hag 1:4

the ark Ps 132:5 Joh 2:17 Ac 7:46

curtains 2Sa 6:17 Ex 26:1-14 40:21 1Ch 16:1 2Ch 1:4

3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

Go, do 2Ki 4:27

all that 1Sa 16:7 1Ki 8:17,18 1Ch 22:7 28:2 Ps 20:4 37:4

for the 1Sa 10:7 1Jo 2:27

4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

that night Nu 12:6 1Ch 17:3 Am 3:7

5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

my servant David. [heb] to my servant, to David
Shalt 1Ki 5:3 8:16-19 1Ch 17:4 22:7,8 23:3

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.

I have not Jos 18:1 1Ki 8:16 1Ch 17:5,6

walked Ex 33:14,15 40:35-38 Le 26:23,24,27,28 Nu 10:33-36 De 23:14 2Co 6:16 Re 2:1

tent Ex 40:18,19,34 Ac 7:44

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?

walked Le 26:11,12

any of the tribes 1Ch 17:6

any of the judges
Instead of (), {shivtey}, `tribes,' we should probably read, with Houbigant, Drs. Waterland and A. clarke, and others, (), {shophty}, `judges;' which is the reading in the parallel passages. Indeed there is but one letter of difference between them, and letters which might be easily mistaken for each other; the apex under the upper stroke of the (), {pay}, being the only mark to distinguish if from the (), {baith}. Compare with verse 11.

feed 2Sa 5:2 Ps 78:71,72 Isa 40:11 Jer 3:15 23:4 Eze 34:2,15,23 Mic 5:4 Mt 2:6 Joh 21:15-17 Ac 20:28 21:28 1Pe 5:1

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:

I took thee 1Sa 16:11,12 1Ch 17:7 Ps 78:70

following [heb] after
ruler 2Sa 6:21 12:7 1Sa 9:16 10:1

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.

And I was 2Sa 5:10 8:6,14 22:30,34-38 1Sa 18:14 1Ch 17:8

cut off 2Sa 22:1 1Sa 31:6 Ps 18:37-42 89:23

out of thy sight [heb] from thy face.
a great Ge 12:2 1Sa 2:8 1Ch 17:8 Ps 113:7,8 Lu 1:52

like unto Ps 87:3-6

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,

plant them 1Ch 17:9 Ps 44:4 80:8 Jer 18:9 24:6 Eze 37:25-27 Am 9:15

neither Ps 89:22,23 Isa 60:18 Eze 28:24 Ho 2:18 Re 21:4

as beforetime Ex 1:13,14,22 Jud 4:3 6:2-6 1Sa 13:17

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.

since Jud 2:14-16 1Sa 12:9-11 Ps 106:42

have caused 2Sa 7:1 Job 5:18,19 34:29 Ps 46:9

he will make 2Sa 7:27 Ex 1:21 1Ki 2:24 11:38 1Ch 17:10 22:10 Ps 89:3,4 127:1 Pr 14:1

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.

And when 1Ki 2:1 8:20

sleep De 31:16 1Ki 1:21 Da 12:2 Ac 13:36 1Co 15:51 1Th 4:14

I will set Ge 15:4 1Ki 8:20 1Ch 17:11 Ps 89:29 132:11,12 Isa 9:7 11:1-3,10 Mt 22:42-44

13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

He shall 1Ki 5:5 6:12 8:19 1Ch 17:11,12 22:9,10 28:6,10 Zec 6:13 Mt 16:18 Lu 1:31-33 Heb 3:3 1Pe 2:5

I will stablish 2Sa 7:16 1Ch 28:7 Ps 89:4,21,29,36,37 Isa 9:7 49:8 Lu 1:32,33

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:

I will be 1Ch 17:13 28:6 Ps 89:20-37 Mt 3:17 Heb 1:5

If he Ps 89:30-35

I will De 8:5 Job 5:17 Ps 94:12,13 Pr 3:11,12 Jer 30:11 1Co 11:32 Heb 12:5-11 Re 3:19

15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

but my 2Sa 7:14,16 1Sa 19:24 Ps 89:28,34 Isa 55:3 Ac 13:34-37

as I took 1Sa 15:23,28 16:14 1Ki 11:13,34-36 Isa 9:7 37:35

16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

2Sa 7:13 Ge 49:10 2Ki 19:34 1Ch 17:13,14 Ps 45:6 72:5,17-19 89:36,37 Isa 9:7 Da 2:44 7:14 Mt 16:18 Lu 1:32,33 Joh 12:34 Heb 1:8 Re 11:15

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

1Ch 17:15 Ac 20:20,27

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?

sat 1Ch 17:16 Isa 37:14

Who am I Ge 32:10 Ex 3:11 Jud 6:15 1Sa 9:21 15:17 18:18 Ps 8:4 Eph 3:8

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?

And this 2Sa 12:8 Nu 16:9,13

but thou 2Sa 7:11-16 1Ch 17:17

And is this Ps 36:7 Isa 55:8,9 Eph 2:7 3:19,20

manner [heb] law

20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

knowest Ge 18:19 1Sa 16:7 Ps 139:1 Joh 2:25 21:17 Heb 4:13 Re 2:23

21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

thy word's Nu 23:19 De 9:5 Jos 23:14,15 Ps 115:1 138:2 Mt 24:35 Lu 1:54,55,72

according Mt 11:26 Lu 10:21 12:32 1Co 1:1 Eph 1:9 3:11

22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Wherefore De 3:24 1Ch 16:25 2Ch 2:5 Ps 48:1 86:10 96:4 135:5 145:3 Eze 36:22,32

none Ex 15:11 De 4:35 32:39 1Sa 2:2 Ps 86:8 89:6,8 Isa 40:18,25 45:5,18,22 Jer 10:6,7 Mic 7:18

23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

what one De 4:7,8,32-34 33:29 Ps 147:20 Ro 3:1,2

went Ex 3:7,8 19:5,6 Nu 14:13,14 Ps 111:9 Isa 63:7-14 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:9 Re 5:9

make him Ex 9:16 Jos 7:9 1Ch 17:21 Isa 63:12,14 Eze 20:9 Eph 1:6

great things De 10:21 Ps 40:5 65:5 66:3 106:22 145:6

thy people De 9:26 15:15 Ne 1:10

nations and their gods Ex 12:12

24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

confirmed Ge 17:7 De 26:18

art become 2Sa 7:23 Ex 15:2 De 27:9 1Ch 17:22 Ps 48:14 Isa 12:2 Jer 31:1,33 32:38 Ho 1:10 Zec 13:9 Joh 1:12 Ro 9:25,26 1Pe 2:10

25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

establish it Ge 32:12 Ps 119:49 Jer 11:4,5 Eze 36:37

26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

let thy 1Ch 17:23,24 29:10-13 Ps 72:18,19 115:1 Mt 6:9 Joh 12:28

before thee Ge 17:18 1Ch 17:23,24 Ps 89:36

27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

revealed [heb] opened the ear Ru 4:4 1Sa 9:15 Ps 40:6

I will 2Sa 7:11

found 1Ch 17:25,26 Ps 10:17

28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

thy words Nu 23:19 Joh 17:17 Tit 1:2

29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

let it please thee to bless [heb] be thou pleased and bless Nu 6:24-26 1Ch 17:27 Ps 115:12-15

for ever 2Sa 22:51