God's Covenant with David

Wycliffe's Bible (Modern Spelling)

2Sa 7:1–17

1 Forsooth it was done, when king David had sat in his house, and the Lord had given rest to him on each side from all his enemies,
2 he said to Nathan the prophet, Seest thou not, that I dwell in an house of cedar, and the ark of God is put in the midst of skins?
3 And Nathan said to the king, Go thou, and do all thing that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee.
4 And it was done in that night, and lo! the word of the Lord, was made to Nathan, saying,
5 Go thou, and speak to my servant David, The Lord saith these things, Whether thou shalt build to me an house to dwell in?
6 Soothly I have not dwelled in an house from the day in which I led the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt till into this day; but I have gone in a tabernacle and in a tent,
7 by all places, to which I passed with all the sons of Israel? Whether I speaking spake to anyone of the lineages of Israel, to whom I commanded, that he should feed my people Israel, and said, Why builded-est thou not an house of cedar to me?
8 And now thou shalt say these things to my servant David, The Lord of hosts saith these things, I took thee from the pastures following flocks, that thou shouldest be duke on my people Israel,
9 and I was with thee in all things, wherever thou hast gone, and I have killed all thine enemies from thy face, and I have made to thee a great name, by the name of great men that be in earth;
10 and I shall set a place to my people Israel, and I shall plant him, and I shall dwell with him, and he shall no more be troubled, and the sons of wickedness shall not add to, that they torment him as before,
11 like they did from the day in which I ordained judges upon my people Israel; and I shall give rest to thee from all thine enemies. And the Lord before-saith to thee, that he shall make an house to thee;
12 and when thy days be fulfilled, and thou hast slept with thy fathers, that is, when thou hast died, I shall raise up thy seed after thee, which shall go out of thy womb, and I shall make steadfast his realm.
13 He shall build an house to my name, and I shall make stable the throne of his realm till into without end;
14 I shall be to him into a father, and he shall be to me into a son; and if he shall do anything wickedly, I shall chastise him in the rod of men, and in the wounds of the sons of men.
15 Forsooth I shall not do away my mercy from him, as I did it away from Saul, whom I removed from my face.
16 And thine house shall be faithful, and thy realm shall be till into without end before my face, and thy throne shall be steadfast continually.
17 By all these words, and by all this revelation, so Nathan spake to David.

1Ch 17:1–15

1 Forsooth when David dwelled in his house, he said to Nathan, the prophet, Lo! I dwell in an house of cedars; and the ark of the bond of peace of the Lord is under skins.
2 And Nathan said to David, Do thou all things that be in thine heart, for God is with thee.
3 Therefore in that night, the word of the Lord was made to Nathan, and said,
4 Go thou, and speak to David, my servant, The Lord saith these things, Thou shalt not build to me an house to dwell in;
5 certainly I have not dwelled in an house, from that time in which I led Israel out of the land of Egypt till to this day, but evermore I have changed places of the tabernacle, and have dwelled in a tent with all Israel.
6 Whether I have spoken namely to one of the judges of Israel, to which I commanded that they should feed my people, and said, Why hast thou not builded to me an house of cedar?
7 Now therefore thou shalt speak thus to my servant David, The Lord of hosts saith these things, I took thee, when thou pursuedest or followedest the flock in the pastures, that thou shouldest be duke upon my people Israel;
8 and I was with thee whither ever thou wentest, and I killed all thine enemies before thee, and I made to thee a name, as of one of the great men that be made worshipful, either famous, in the earth.
9 And I gave a place to my people Israel; it shall be planted, and shall dwell therein, and it shall no more be moved, and the sons of wickedness shall not defoul them, as from the beginning,
10 from the days in which I gave judges to my people Israel; and I made low all thine enemies. There-fore I tell to thee, that the Lord shall build an house to thee.
11 And when thou hast fulfilled thy days, that thou go to thy fathers, I shall raise up thy seed after thee, that shall be of thy sons, and I shall stablish his realm;
12 he shall build to me an house, and I shall make steadfast his seat into without end.
13 I shall be to him into a father, and he shall be to me into a son; and I shall not do away my mercy from him, as I took it away from him that was before thee;
14 and I shall ordain him in mine house and in my realm into without end; and his throne shall be most steadfast without end.
15 By all these words, and by all this revelation, so Nathan spake to David.