2 Samuel 7:7-9

New American Standard Bible

^7 (A)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, ^(B)whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

God’s Covenant with David

⁸ Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “^(C)I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, ^(D)to be leader over My people Israel. ⁹ And ^(E)I have been with you wherever you have gone, and ^(F)have eliminated all your enemies from you; I will also make a great name for you, like the names of the great men who ^[a]are on the earth.