The First Book of The Chronicles

1Ch 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.

1Ch 17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

1Ch 17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the Word of God came to Nathan, saying,

1Ch 17:4 Go and tell David My servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build Me an house to dwell in:

1Ch 17:5 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.

1Ch 17:6 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?

1Ch 17:7 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:

1Ch 17:8 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.

1Ch 17:9 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,

1Ch 17:10 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.

1Ch 17:11 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.

1Ch 17:12 He shall build Me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

1Ch 17:13 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:

1Ch 17:14 But I will settle him in Mine house and in My kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

1Ch 17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

1Ch 17:16 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?

1Ch 17:17 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.

1Ch 17:18 What can David speak more to Thee for the honour of Thy servant? for Thou knowest Thy servant.

1Ch 17:19 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.

1Ch 17:20 O Lord, there is none like Thee, neither is there any God beside Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

1Ch 17:21 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?

1Ch 17:22 For Thy people Israel didst Thou make Thine own people for ever; and Thou, Lord, becamest their God.

1Ch 17:23 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.

1Ch 17:24 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.

1Ch 17:25 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.

1Ch 17:26 And now, Lord, Thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto Thy servant:

1Ch 17:27 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.