2 Samuel 7:11-16 ▼

11 even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that He will make a house (royal dynasty) for you.

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He [is the one who] shall build a house for My Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man.

15 But My lovingkindness and mercy will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

16 Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”’”