8. Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel:
9. and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
10. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
11. and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover the Lord telleth thee that the Lord will make thee an house.
12. When thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13. He shall build an 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: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
15. but my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
17. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
18. Then David the king went in, and sat before the Lord; and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
19. And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord GOD but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord GOD
20. And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD
21. For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
22. Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.