American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass[H4428], when the king dwelt[H3427] in his house[H1004], and Jehovah[H3068] had given him rest[H5117] from all his enemies[H341] round about[H5439],

2. that the king[H4428] said[H559] unto Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], See[H7200] now[H3427], I dwell in a house[H1004] of cedar[H730], but the ark[H727] of God[H430] dwelleth[H3427] within[H8432] curtains[H3407].

3. And Nathan[H5416] said[H559] to the king[H4428], Go[H3212], do[H6213] all that is in thy heart[H3824]; for Jehovah is with thee[H3068].

4. And it came to pass the same night[H3915], that the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto Nathan[H5416], saying[H559],

5. Go[H3212] and tell[H559] my servant[H5650] David[H1732], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Shalt thou build[H1129] me a house[H1004] for me to dwell in[H3427]?

6. for I have not dwelt[H3427] in a house[H1004] since the day[H3117] that I brought up[H5927] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of Egypt[H4714], even to this day[H3117], but have walked[H1980] in a tent[H168] and in a tabernacle[H4908].

7. In all places wherein I have walked[H1980] with all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], spake[H1696] I a word[H1697] with any[H259] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], whom I commanded[H6680] to be shepherd[H7462] of my people[H5971] Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Why have ye not built[H1129] me a house[H1004] of cedar[H730]?

8. Now therefore thus shalt thou say[H559] unto my servant[H5650] David[H1732], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], I took[H3947] thee from the sheepcote[H5116], from following[H310] the sheep[H6629], that thou shouldest be prince[H5057] over my people[H5971], over Israel[H3478];

9. and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest[H1980], and have cut off[H3772] all thine enemies[H341] from before thee[H6440]; and I will make[H6213] thee a great[H1419] name[H8034], like unto the name[H8034] of the great[H1419] ones that are in the earth[H776].

10. And I will appoint[H7760] a place[H4725] for my people[H5971] Israel[H3478], and will plant[H5193] them[H7931], that they may dwell in their own place[H7264], and be moved no more[H1121]; neither shall the children of wickedness[H5766] afflict[H6031] them any more[H3254], as at the first[H7223],

11. and as from the day[H3117] that I commanded[H6680] judges[H8199] to be over my people[H5971] Israel[H3478]; and I will cause thee to rest[H5117] from all thine enemies[H341]. Moreover Jehovah[H3068] telleth[H5046] thee that Jehovah will make[H6213] thee a house[H1004].

12. When thy days[H3117] are fulfilled[H4390], and thou shalt sleep[H7901] with thy fathers[H1], I will set up[H6965] thy seed[H2233] after[H310] thee[H3318], that shall proceed out of thy bowels[H4578], and I will establish[H3559] his kingdom[H4467].

13. He shall build[H1129] a house[H1004] for my name[H8034], and I will establish[H3559] the throne[H3678] of his kingdom[H4467] for[H5704] ever[H5769].

14. I will be his father[H1], and he shall be my son[H1121]: if he commit iniquity[H5753], I will chasten[H3198] him with the rod[H7626] of men[H582], and with the stripes[H5061] of the children[H1121] of men[H120];

15. but my lovingkindness[H2617] shall not depart from[H5493] him[H5493], as I took it from Saul[H7586], whom I put away[H5493] before thee[H6440].

16. And thy house[H1004] and thy kingdom[H4467] shall be made[H539] sure for[H5704] ever[H5769] before[H6440] thee[H3678]: thy throne shall be established[H3559] for[H5704] ever[H5769].

17. According to all these words[H1697], and according to all this vision[H2384], so did Nathan[H5416] speak[H1696] unto David[H1732].

18. Then David[H1732] the king[H4428] went[H935] in[H3427], and sat before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]; and he said[H559], Who am I[H136], O Lord Jehovah[H3069], and what is my house[H1004], that thou hast brought[H935] me thus far[H1988]?

19. And this was yet a small thing[H6994] in thine eyes[H5869], O Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]; but thou hast spoken[H1696] also of thy servant[H5650]'s house[H1004] for a great while to come[H7350]; and this too after the manner[H8452] of men[H120], O Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]!

20. And what can[H3254] David[H1732] say[H1696] more[H3254] unto thee[H3045]? for thou knowest thy servant[H5650], O Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

21. For thy word[H1697]'s sake[H3820], and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought[H6213] all this greatness[H1420], to make thy servant[H5650] know it[H3045].

22. Wherefore thou art great[H1431], O Jehovah[H3068] God[H430]: for there is none like thee[H430], neither is there any God besides[H2108] thee[H8085], according to all that we have heard with our ears[H241].

23. And what one[H259] nation[H1471] in the earth[H776] is like thy people[H5971], even like Israel[H3478], whom God[H430] went[H1980] to redeem[H6299] unto himself for a people[H5971], and to make[H7760] him a name[H8034], and to do[H6213] great things[H1420] for you[H3372], and terrible things for thy land[H776], before[H6440] thy people[H5971], whom thou redeemest[H6299] to thee out of Egypt[H4714], from the nations[H1471] and their gods[H430]?

24. And thou didst establish[H3559] to thyself thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478] to be a people[H5971] unto thee for[H5704] ever[H5769]; and thou[H3068], Jehovah, becamest[H1961] their God[H430].

25. And now[H3068], O Jehovah God[H430], the word[H1697] that thou hast spoken[H1696] concerning thy servant[H5650], and concerning his house[H1004], confirm[H6965] thou it for[H5704] ever[H5769], and do[H6213] as thou hast spoken[H1696].

26. And let thy name[H8034] be magnified[H1431] for[H5704] ever[H5769], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is God[H430] over Israel[H3478]; and the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650] David[H1732] shall be established[H3559] before thee[H6440].

27. For thou[H3068], O Jehovah of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], hast revealed[H1540] to thy servant[H5650], saying[H559], I will build[H1129] thee a house[H1004]: therefore hath thy servant[H5650] found[H4672] in his heart[H3820] to pray[H6419] this prayer unto thee[H8605].

28. And now[H136], O Lord Jehovah[H3069], thou art God[H430], and thy words[H1697] are truth[H571], and thou hast promised[H1696] this good[H2896] thing unto thy servant[H5650]:

29. now therefore let it please[H2974] thee to bless[H1288] the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650], that it may continue for ever[H5769] before[H6440] thee[H136]; for thou, O Lord Jehovah[H3069], hast spoken[H1696] it[H1293]: and with thy blessing let the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650] be blessed[H1288] for ever[H5769].