1 Chronicles 17 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

God’s Covenant with David

(2Sa 7:1–29 )

As David sat in his house (palace), he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a house of cedars, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.”

1Ch 17:2

1Ch 17:2Then Nathan said to David, “[fn]Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

1Ch 17:3

But it came about that same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

1Ch 17:4

1Ch 17:4“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

1Ch 17:5

1Ch 17:5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought Israel up [from Egypt] until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

1Ch 17:6

1Ch 17:6“Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’

1Ch 17:7

1Ch 17:7“Now, therefore, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.

1Ch 17:8

1Ch 17:8“I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make your name like the name of the great ones of the earth.

1Ch 17:9

1Ch 17:9“I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and not be moved again [nor tremble with fear]; and the [fn]wicked will not waste (persecute) them anymore, as formerly,

1Ch 17:10

1Ch 17:10since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will humble and subdue all your enemies.

“Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house (a blessed posterity).

1Ch 17:11

1Ch 17:11“And it shall come to pass that when your days are completed and you must go to be with your fathers [in death], I will raise up one of your descendants after you, one of your own sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

1Ch 17:12

1Ch 17:12“He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

1Ch 17:13

1Ch 17:13“I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My steadfast love and mercy away from him, as I took it from him (King Saul) who was before you.

1Ch 17:14

1Ch 17:14“But I will settle [fn]him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forevermore.”’”

1Ch 17:15

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

David’s Prayer in Response

1Ch 17:16

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

1Ch 17:17

1Ch 17:17“This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard and estate of a man of high degree (prominence), O LORD God.

1Ch 17:18

1Ch 17:18“What more can David say to You for the honor granted to Your servant? For You know Your servant.

1Ch 17:19

1Ch 17:19“O LORD, for Your servant’s sake, and in accordance with Your own heart, You have accomplished all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

1Ch 17:20

1Ch 17:20“O LORD, there is no one like You, nor is there any God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

1Ch 17:21

1Ch 17:21“And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make a name for Yourself by great and awesome and terrible things, by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

1Ch 17:22

1Ch 17:22“You made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, LORD, became their God.

1Ch 17:23

“Therefore now, O LORD, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house endure forever, and do as You have said.

1Ch 17:24

1Ch 17:24“Let Your name [and the character that it denotes] endure and be magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, yes, a God to Israel; and the house of Your servant David is established before You.’

1Ch 17:25

1Ch 17:25“For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house (descendants); therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You.

1Ch 17:26

1Ch 17:26“And now, O LORD, You are God, and you have spoken and promised this good thing to Your servant.

1Ch 17:27

1Ch 17:27“Therefore may it please You to bless the house (descendants) of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for what You bless, O LORD, is blessed forever.”

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AMP Footnotes

(17:2)

This may have been advice expressed by Nathan rather than a prophecy; in v 4 it becomes clear that God did not tell Nathan to say this.

(17:9)

Lit sons of wickedness.

(17:14)

At this point the prophecy looks ahead from Solomon to the Messiah (Christ), whose reign will be forever; yet the reference to Solomon is not lost, and the Messiah’s reign in a sense will be the fulfillment of Solomon’s as described here.

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God’s Covenant with David

David’s Prayer in Response

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