^{8 Ref} Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

^{9 Ref} And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

^{10 Ref} Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

^{11 Ref} And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

^{12 Ref} And 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 Ref} He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

^{14 Ref} 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 Ref} But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

^{16 Ref} And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.