16. Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’”
17. So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the lord had said in this vision.
18. Then King David went in and sat before the lord and prayed,“Who am I, O Sovereign lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
19. And now, Sovereign lord, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign lord?
20. “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign lord.