1 Chronicles 17
1. Now it came to pass, as David sat * in his house, that David said * to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell * in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
2. Then Nathan said * unto David, Do * all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3. And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying * ,
4. Go * and tell * David my servant, Thus saith * the LORD, Thou shalt not build * me an house to dwell in * :
5. For I have not dwelt in * an house since the day that I brought up * Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6. Wheresoever I have walked * with all Israel, spake * I a word to any of the judges * of Israel, whom I commanded * to feed * my people, saying * , Why have ye not built * me an house of cedars?
7. Now therefore thus shalt thou say * unto my servant David, Thus saith * the LORD of hosts, I took * thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8. And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked * , and have cut off * all thine enemies * from before thee, and have made * thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
9. Also I will ordain * a place for my people Israel, and will plant * them, and they shall dwell * in their place, and shall be moved * no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste * them any more * , as at the beginning,
10. And since the time that I commanded * judges * to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue * all thine enemies * . Furthermore I tell * thee that the LORD will build * thee an house.
11. And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired * that thou must go * to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up * thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons;and I will establish * his kingdom.
12. He shall build * me an house, and I will stablish * his throne for ever.
13. I will be his father, and he shall be my son:and I will not take * my mercy away * from him, as I took * it from him that was before thee:
14. But I will settle * him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established * for evermore.
15. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak * unto David.
16. And David the king came * and sat * before the LORD, and said * , Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought * me hitherto?
17. And yet this was a small thing * in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken * of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded * me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
18. What can * David speak more * to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest * thy servant.
19. O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done * all this greatness, in making known * all these great things.
20. O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard * with our ears.
21. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went * to redeem * to be his own people, to make * thee a name of greatness and terribleness * , by driving out * nations from before thy people,whom thou hast redeemed * out of Egypt?
22. For thy people Israel didst thou make * thine own people for ever;and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23. Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken * concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established * for ever, and do * as thou hast said * .
24. Let it even be established * , that thy name may be magnified * for ever,saying * , The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established * before thee.
25. For thou, O my God, hast told * thy servant that thou wilt build * him an house: therefore thy servant hath found * in his heart to pray * before thee.
26. And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised * this goodness unto thy servant:
27. Now therefore let it please * thee to bless * the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest * , O LORD, and it shall be blessed * for ever.
