11 even (A)from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and (B)I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that (C)the Lord will make a house for you. 12 (D)When your days are finished and you [a](E)lie down with your fathers, (F)I will raise up your [b]descendant after you, who will come from [c]you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (G)He shall build a house for My name, and (H)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (I)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; (J)when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind, 15 but My favor shall not depart from him, (K)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from you. 16 (L)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [d]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:12 I.e., die
  2. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed
  3. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels
  4. 2 Samuel 7:16 As in LXX and some ancient mss; MT you

17 This was a small thing in Your eyes, God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have viewed me according to the standard of a person of high degree, Lord God.

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