| 1 Chron. 17:1 |
And as David dwelt in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah dwells under curtains. |
| 1 Chron. 17:2 |
And Nathan said to David, All that is in your heart do, for God is with you. |
| 1 Chron. 17:3 |
And in that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying, |
| 1 Chron. 17:4 |
Go and say to David My servant, Thus says Jehovah, It will not be you who builds Me a house to dwell in. |
| 1 Chron. 17:5 |
For I have not dwelt in a house, since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent and from tabernacle [to tabernacle.] |
| 1 Chron. 17:6 |
In all My going about among all Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar? |
| 1 Chron. 17:7 |
And now thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you might be ruler over My people Israel; |
| 1 Chron. 17:8 |
And I have been with you in every place that you have gone and have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make a name for you, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth. |
| 1 Chron. 17:9 |
And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them [there,] that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more; and the sons of wickedness will waste [them] away no more as before, |
| 1 Chron. 17:10 |
Even since the time when I commanded [that there be] judges over My people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I declare to you that Jehovah will build you a house. |
| 1 Chron. 17:11 |
When your days are fulfilled that you must go [to be] with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you, which will be from your sons, and I will establish his kingdom. |
| 1 Chron. 17:12 |
It is he who will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. |
| 1 Chron. 17:13 |
I will be his Father, and he will be My son; and My lovingkindness I will not take from him, as I took [it] away from [him] who was before you. |
| 1 Chron. 17:14 |
And I will set him in My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever. |
| 1 Chron. 17:15 |
According to all these words and according to this whole vision did Nathan speak to David. |
| 1 Chron. 17:16 |
Then King David went and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far? |
| 1 Chron. 17:17 |
And this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; but You have spoken of the house of Your servant for a great while to come; and You have regarded me according to the custom for a man of high degree, O Jehovah God. |
| 1 Chron. 17:18 |
What more can David add [to say] to You concerning [this] honoring of Your servant? For You know Your servant. |
| 1 Chron. 17:19 |
O Jehovah, for Your servant's sake and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to make known all [these] great things. |
| 1 Chron. 17:20 |
O Jehovah, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
| 1 Chron. 17:21 |
And who is like Your people Israel, a nation unique on the earth, which God went to redeem to Himself as a people in order to make for Yourself a name of greatness and awesomeness to drive out nations from before Your people, whom You have redeemed out of Egypt? |
| 1 Chron. 17:22 |
And You have made Your people Israel to be a people to You forever, and You, O Jehovah, became their God. |
| 1 Chron. 17:23 |
And now, O Jehovah, may the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken. |
| 1 Chron. 17:24 |
And may Your name be established and magnified forever when [men] say, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant will be established before You. |
| 1 Chron. 17:25 |
For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant, that You will build him a house; therefore Your servant has found [it in his heart] to pray before You. |
| 1 Chron. 17:26 |
And now, O Jehovah, You are God, and You have spoken this good matter concerning Your servant; |
| 1 Chron. 17:27 |
Now therefore You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be before You forever; for You, O Jehovah, have blessed, and it is blessed forever. |