12And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
13He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
14I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;
15But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
16And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
17So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.
18Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
