2 Samuel 7:9

And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, David had always been sure of the merciful presence of Jehovah, even during the years when Saul persecuted him, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, from before thy face, and have made thee a great name like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth; for David's victories had brought him into prominent attention in all the surrounding nations. of so much concerning his outward success Nathan was to remind David first, of the fact that he owed his position and all his success to the Lord alone.