1	Now it came to pass, as David sat# in his house, that David said# to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell# in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
			2	Then Nathan said# unto David, Do# all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
			3	And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying# ,
			4	Go# and tell# David my servant, Thus saith# the LORD, Thou shalt not build# me an house to dwell in# :
			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 . [have gone: Heb. have been]
			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?
			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: [from following: Heb. from after]
			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.
			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,
			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.
			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.
			12	He shall build# me an house, and I will stablish# his throne for ever.
			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:
			14	But I will settle# him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established# for evermore.
			15	According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak# unto David.
			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?
			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.
			18	What can# David speak more# to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest# thy servant.
			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. [great...: Heb. greatnesses]
			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.
			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?
			22	For thy people Israel didst thou make# thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
			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# .
			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.
			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. [hast...: Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant]
			26	And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised# this goodness unto thy servant:
			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...: or, it hath pleased thee]