2 Samuel 7:8-16

LEB(i) 8 So then, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "I took you from the pasture from following* the sheep to be a leader over my people, over Israel, 9 and I have been with you everywhere you went.* I have cut off all of your enemies from in front of you, and I will make a great name for you, as the name of the great ones who are on the earth. 10 I will make a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them* so that they* can dwell in their own place.* They will not tremble any longer, and the children of wickedness will not afflict them again, as in the former days. 11 In the manner that* I appointed judges over my people Israel, I will give you rest from all your enemies. And Yahweh declares to you that Yahweh will build a house for you. 12 When your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors,* I will raise up your offspring after you who will go out from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be a father to him, and he will be a son for me, whom I will punish when he does wrong, with a rod of men and with blows of the human beings.* 15 But my loyal love shall not depart from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever." '"