1Chronicles17

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(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.
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