- 1. Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;
- 2. The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.
- 3. And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.
- 4. Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
- 5. Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?
- 6. For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.
- 7. In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?
- 8. Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:
- 9. And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.
- 10. And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,
- 11. From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.
- 12. And 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.
- 13. He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
- 14. I 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;
- 15. But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
- 16. And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
- 17. So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.
- 18. Then 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?
- 19. And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!
- 20. What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.
- 21. Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.
- 22. Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.
- 23. And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
- 24. But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
- 25. And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!
- 26. And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!
- 27. For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.
- 28. And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;
- 29. So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
2.Вот я живу в доме кедровом. См. (2Цар 5:11)3-5.- На вопрос о том, "как Нафан, будучи пророком, не знал воли Божией и велел Давиду созидать дом Божий", блаж. (Феодорит отвечает: "Говорил я уже, что пророки знали не все, а только по мере того, как открывала им благодать Божия. Так Самуил не знал, кого должно помазать (на царство вместо Саула - (1Цар 16:1); Елисей не знал горя сунамитянки (4Цар 4:27). Подобно сему и Нафан, похвалив намерение царя, думал угодить Богу всячески; но Владыка Бог, явившись ему ночью, изрек свою действительную волю относительно того, что было задумано Давидом" (блаж. Феодорит, толк. на 2 Цар, вопр. 21).6-11.- До сих пор Господь Бог не требовал для себя постоянного храма, потому что еще не пришло время для его построения. Да и Давиду ли, одному из созданий Творца вселенной, заботиться о создании храма Его (ст. 5). Не Давид Господу, а благодеющий Давиду Господь устроит ему дом его (ст. 11). В (1Пар 22:6-11) указывается еще и иное объяснение того, почему не Давид должен был построить храм Господень: величественный и прочный храм Владыки мира должен был построить избранный царь мира среди избранного народа Божия - Соломон ("Соломон" с еврейского означает "Мирный").12-16.- "Сказав сие о Соломоне, сыне Давида, пророк присоединяет предсказание и о Владыке Христе, ибо говорит: "Я буду Ему отцом, и Он будет Мне сыном". А что изречено сие о Владыке Христе - свидетель тому божественный апостол, сказавший евреям: "Кому бо рече когда от Ангел: Сын Мой еси Ты, Аз днесь родих Тя? И паки: Аз буду Ему во Отца, и Той будет Мне в Сына?" (Евр 1:5). И последующие за сим слова всего менее опять приличны царям израильским; истинность же их оказывается на одном Владыке Христе. Ибо сказано: "И верен будет дом Его, и Царство Его до века предо Мною! и престол Его будет исправлен в век" (ст. 16, по переводу LXX-ти). Соломон же недолговечнее был других людей, не достиг даже и отцовой старости; да и все от него происшедшие (цари Иуды) прияли общий всем конец. Посему необходимо сделать одно из двух: или приложить сие к Владыке Христу, или назвать лживым предречение Бога всяческих. Но последнее злочестиво и хульно. Потому необходимо, хотя и не хотят того иудеи, принять первое" (Блаж. Феодорит, толков, на 1 Цар, вопр. 21).19.Это уже по-человечески, т. е. всесторонняя попечительность Господа о человеке делает Его в сознании человека необыкновенно близким к нему существом.21.Ради слова твоего. См. (1Цар 16:1); (2Цар 3:17-19); (2Цар 5:1-3)23.Чтобы приобрести его Себе в народ. См. (Исх 19:3-6); (Втор 4:7); (Втор 33:29)
И совершить великое и страшное пред народом. Имеются в виду чудеса и знамения Господни, имевшие себе место пред выходом евреев из Египта, при самом выходе, во время путешествия их по пустыням и при завоевании земли обетования.
