1 Chronicles 17

1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

2 And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

4 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.

6 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

7 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

9 And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

10 and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.

11 And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

12 He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

13 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

14 But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”

15 So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.

16 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

17 And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.

18 What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,

19 O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.

20 O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

21 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.

22 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

23 And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,

24 so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

25 For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.

26 And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

27 So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”

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.

1 And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that he said unto Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under the carpets.

2 And Nathan said unto David, All that is in thine heart do: for GOD is with thee.

3 But the same night the word of God came unto 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 any house from the day that I brought out the children of Israel unto this day: but I have been in the tabernacle, and in the tabernacle.

6 When I walked throughout all Israel, I said also unto the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying: Why build ye not me an house of cedars?

7 Say therefore therefore unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I have taken thee from the pasture behind the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel;

8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name, as the great men of the earth have names.

9 And I will set a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell there, and shall be moved no more: and the wicked men shall weaken them no more, as at the first.

10 And in the days when I commanded the judges over my people Israel; and I will humble all thine enemies: and I declare unto thee, that the LORD will build thee an house.

11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired, that thou shalt go to thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be one of thy sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

12 He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. And I will not turn my mercy from him, as I turned it from him that was before thee,

14 But I will set him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for ever.

15 And it came to pass, after all these words and vision, that Nathan spake unto David,

16 And king David came and stood before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

17 And this hath not yet pleased thee, O God: but thou hast spoken of the house of thy servant, and of things to come: and thou hast looked upon me as in the likeness of a man that is on high, O God the LORD.

18 What more shall David say unto thee, that thou hast made thy servant glorious? Thou knowest thy servant.

19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make known all glory.

20 O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any god but thee, of whom we have heard with our ears.

21 And where is there a nation upon the earth like thy people Israel, where a God is gone to redeem a people unto him, and to make him himself a name of great and terrible things, to cast out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?

22 And thou hast made thy people Israel thy people for ever: and thou, O LORD, art become their God.

23 Now therefore, O LORD, let the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be true for ever; and do as thou hast said.

24 And let thy name be true and great for ever, that it may be said, The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is God in Israel. And let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

25 For thou, O LORD, hast opened the ear of thy servant, to build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found to pray before thee.

26 Now, O LORD, thou art God, and hast spoken such good things unto thy servant.

27 Now therefore begin thou to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be established before thee for ever: for that which thou blessest, O LORD, is blessed for ever.