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1 Chronicles 17 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

God’s Covenant with David

1Ch 17:1

And it came about, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.”

1Ch 17:2Then Nathan said to David, “Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.”
1Ch 17:3

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

1Ch 17:4“Go and tell David My servant, ‘This is what the LORD says: “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;
1Ch 17:5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have [fn]gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.
1Ch 17:6“In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
1Ch 17:7“Now, therefore, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.
1Ch 17:8“I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have eliminated all your enemies from you; and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
1Ch 17:9“And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them there, so that they may live in their own place and not tremble with anxiety again; and the [fn]wicked will not make them waste away anymore as they did previously,
1Ch 17:10even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.

Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you.

1Ch 17:11“When your days are fulfilled that you must [fn]go to be with your fathers, then I will set up one of your [fn]descendants after you, who will be from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
1Ch 17:12“He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
1Ch 17:13“I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My favor away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
1Ch 17:14“But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”’”
1Ch 17:15According to all these words and according to all of this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

David’s Prayer in Response

1Ch 17:16

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

1Ch 17:17“This was a small thing in Your eyes, God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have viewed me according to the standard of a person of high degree, LORD God.
1Ch 17:18“What more can David still say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant.
1Ch 17:19“LORD, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
1Ch 17:20“LORD, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to everything that we have heard with our ears.
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 for You a name by great and awesome things, by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt?
1Ch 17:22“For You have made Your people Israel Your own people forever, and You, LORD, became their God.
1Ch 17:23

“Now, LORD, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do just as You have spoken.

1Ch 17:24“Let Your name be established and be great forever, saying, ‘The LORD of armies is the God of Israel, a God to Israel; and the house of Your servant David is established before You.’
1Ch 17:25“For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build him a house; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You.
1Ch 17:26“Now, LORD, You are God, and have [fn]promised this good thing to Your servant.
1Ch 17:27“And now You have decided to bless the house of Your servant, that it may [fn]continue forever before You; for You, LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit been
Lit sons of injustice
I.e., die
Lit seed
Lit said
Lit be
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