13 “He does build a house for My Name, and I shall establish the throne of his reign forever.
14 “I am to be his Father, and he is My son. If he does perversely, I shall reprove him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
15 “But My kindness does not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Sha’ul, whom I removed from before you.
16 “And your house and your reign are to be steadfast forever before you – your throne is established forever.” ’ ”
17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to Dawiḏ.
18 And Sovereign Dawiḏ went in and sat before יהוה and he said, “Who am I, O Master יהוה? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
19 “And yet this was a small matter in Your eyes, O Master יהוה. And You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the teaching of man, O Master יהוה?