12. when your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
13. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.
15. But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
16. Your house and your kingdom shall endure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.” ’
17. Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
18. Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:‘Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
19. And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant – and this decree, Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human!
20. ‘What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord.
21. For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.