"For You, O LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,have madea revelationto Your servant,saying,I will buildyou a house;thereforeYour servanthas foundcourageto praythisprayerto You.
even from the daythat I commandedjudgesto be overMy peopleIsrael;and I will giveyou restfrom allyour enemies.The LORDalso declaresto you that the LORDwill makea housefor you.
"He shall builda housefor My name,and I will establishthe throneof his kingdomforever.
Then it will be, that ifyou listento allthat I commandyou and walkin My ways,and dowhatis rightin My sightby observingMy statutesand My commandments,as My servantDaviddid,then I will be with you and buildyou an enduringhouseas I builtfor David,and I will giveIsraelto you.
O LORD,You have heardthe desireof the humble;You will strengthentheir heart,You will inclineYour ear
Sacrificeand mealofferingYou have not desired;My earsYou have opened;Burntofferingand sinofferingYou have not required.
Becausethe midwivesfearedGod,He establishedhouseholdsfor them.
"So I thoughtto informyou, saying,Buy[it] beforethose who are sitting[here], and beforethe eldersof my people.Ifyou will redeem[it], redeem[it]; but ifnot, tellme that I may know;for thereis noonebut you to redeem[it], and I am afteryou.'" And he said,"I will redeem[it]."
But I will raiseup for Myself a faithfulpriestwho will doaccording to whatis in My heartand in My soul;and I will buildhim an enduringhouse,and he will walkbeforeMy anointedalways.
Now a daybeforeSaul'scoming,the LORDhad revealed[this] to Samuelsaying,
