16 Your family of kings will continue—you can depend on that! For you, your kingdom will continue forever! Your throne will stand forever!’”
17 Nathan told David about that vision. He told David everything God had said.
18 Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord. David said, “Lord GOD, why am I so important to you? Why is my family important? Why have you made me so important?
19 I am nothing but a servant, but Lord GOD, you have also said these kind things about my future family. Lord GOD, you don’t always talk like this to people, do you?
20 How can I continue talking to you? Lord GOD, you know that I am only a servant.
21 You will do all these wonderful things because you said you would do them and because you want to do them. And you decided to let me know about all these things.
22 Lord GOD, this is why you are so great! There is no one like you. There is no god except you! We know that because of what we ourselves have heard about what you did.