13. I will be his father, and he will be my son. I took away my love from Saul, who ruled before you, but I will never stop loving your son.
14. I will put him in charge of my house and kingdom forever. His family will rule forever.’ ”
15. Nathan told David everything God had said in this vision.
16. Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord. David said, “Lord God, who am I? What is my family? Why did you bring me to this point?
17. But that was not enough for you, God. You have also made promises about my future family. Lord God, you have treated me like a very important person.
18. “What more can I say to you for honoring me, your servant? You know me so well.
19. Lord, you have done this wonderful thing for my sake and because you wanted to. You have made known all these great things.
20. “There is no one like you, Lord. There is no God except you. We have heard all this ourselves!