16. You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last for ever. Your dynasty will never end.’ ”
17. Nathan told David everything that God had revealed to him.
18. Then King David went into the Tent of the Lord's presence, sat down and prayed, “I am not worthy of what you have already done for me, Sovereign Lord, nor is my family.
19. Yet now you are doing even more, Sovereign Lord; you have made promises about my descendants in the years to come. And you let a man see this, Sovereign Lord!