American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass[H1732], when David dwelt[H3427] in his house[H1004], that David[H1732] said[H559] to Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], Lo[H3427], I dwell in a house[H1004] of cedar[H730], but the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] dwelleth under curtains[H3407].

2. And Nathan[H5416] said[H559] unto David[H1732], Do[H6213] all that is in thy heart[H3824]; for God is with thee[H430].

3. And it came to pass the same night[H3915], that the word[H1697] of God[H430] came to Nathan[H5416], saying[H559],

4. Go[H3212] and tell[H559] David[H1732] my servant[H5650], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Thou shalt not build[H1129] me a house[H1004] to dwell in[H3427]:

5. for I have not dwelt in[H3427] a house[H1004] since the day[H3117] that I brought up[H5927] Israel[H3478], unto this day[H3117], but have gone from tent[H168] to tent[H168], and from one tabernacle to another[H4908].

6. In all places wherein I have walked[H1980] with all Israel[H3478], spake[H1696] I a word[H1697] with any[H259] of the judges[H8199] of Israel[H3478], whom I commanded[H6680] to be shepherd[H7462] of my people[H5971], saying[H559], Why have ye not built[H1129] me a house[H1004] of cedar[H730]?

7. 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] Israel[H3478]:

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

9. 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] waste[H1086] them any more[H3254], as at the first[H7223],

10. and as from the day[H3117] that I commanded[H6680] judges[H8199] to be over my people[H5971] Israel[H3478]; and I will subdue[H3665] all thine enemies[H341]. Moreover I tell[H5046] thee that Jehovah[H3068] will build[H1129] thee a house[H1004].

11. And it shall come to pass[H3117], when thy days are fulfilled[H4390] that thou must go[H3212] to be with thy fathers[H1], that I will set up[H6965] thy seed[H2233] after[H310] thee[H1121], who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish[H3559] his kingdom[H4438].

12. He shall build[H1129] me a house[H1004], and I will establish[H3559] his throne[H3678] for[H5704] ever[H5769].

13. I will be his father[H1], and he shall be my son[H1121]: and I will not take[H5493] my lovingkindness[H2617] away[H5493] from him[H5493], as I took it from him that was before thee[H6440];

14. but I will settle[H5975] him in my house[H1004] and in my kingdom[H4438] for ever[H5769]; and his throne[H3678] shall be established[H3559] for[H5704] ever[H5769].

15. According to all these words[H1697], and according to all this vision[H2377], so did Nathan[H5416] speak[H1696] unto David[H1732].

16. Then David[H1732] the king[H4428] went[H935] in[H3427], and sat before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]; and he said[H559], Who am I[H3068], O Jehovah God[H430], and what is my house[H1004], that thou hast brought[H935] me thus far[H1988]?

17. And this was a small thing[H6994] in thine eyes[H5869], O God[H430]; but thou hast spoken[H1696] of thy servant[H5650]'s house[H1004] for a great while to come[H7350], and hast regarded[H7200] me according to the estate[H8448] of a man[H120] of high degree[H4609], O Jehovah[H3068] God[H430].

18. What can[H3254] David[H1732] say yet more[H3254] unto thee concerning the honor[H3519] which is done to thy servant[H5650]? for thou knowest[H3045] thy servant[H5650].

19. O Jehovah[H3068], for thy servant[H5650]'s sake[H3820], and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought[H6213] all this greatness[H1420], to make known[H3045] all these great things[H1420].

20. O Jehovah[H3068], 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].

21. And what one[H259] nation[H1471] in the earth[H776] is like thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478], whom God[H430] went[H1980] to redeem[H6299] unto himself for a people[H5971], to make[H7760] thee a name[H8034] by great[H1420] and terrible[H3372] things[H1644], in driving out nations[H1471] from before[H6440] thy people[H5971], whom thou redeemest[H6299] out of Egypt[H4714]?

22. For thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478] didst thou make[H5414] thine own people[H5971] for[H5704] ever[H5769]; and thou[H3068], Jehovah, becamest their God[H430].

23. And now[H3068], O Jehovah, let the word[H1697] that thou hast spoken[H1696] concerning thy servant[H5650], and concerning his house[H1004], be established[H539] for[H5704] ever[H5769], and do[H6213] as thou hast spoken[H1696].

24. And let thy name[H8034] be established[H539] and magnified[H1431] for[H5704] ever[H5769], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], even a God[H430] to Israel[H3478]: and the house[H1004] of David[H1732] thy servant[H5650] is established[H3559] before thee[H6440].

25. For thou[H430], O my God, hast revealed[H1540] to thy servant[H5650] that thou wilt build[H1129] him a house[H1004]: therefore hath thy servant[H5650] found[H4672] in his heart to pray[H6419] before thee[H6440].

26. And now[H3068], O Jehovah, thou art God[H430], and hast promised[H1696] this good[H2896] thing unto thy servant[H5650]:

27. and now it hath pleased[H2974] thee to bless[H1288] the house[H1004] of thy servant[H5650], that it may continue for ever[H5769] before[H6440] thee[H3068]: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed[H1288], and it is blessed[H1288] for ever[H5769].