2 Samuel 7:7-9
Christian Standard Bible
7 In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’
8 “So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.(A) 9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a great name(B) for you like that of the greatest on the earth.(C)
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