I Chronicles Chapter 17

I Chronicles Chapter 17
1 Now afterward when David dwelt in
his house, he said to Nathan the prophet,
Behold, I dwell in an house of cedar
trees, but the ark of the Lord's covenant
remaineth under curtains.
2 Then Nathan said to David, Do all that
is in thine heart: for God is with thee. 3
And the same night even the word of
God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go, and
tell David my servant, Thus saith the
Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house
to dwell in:
5 For I have dwelt in no house, since the
day that I brought out the children of
Israel unto this day, but I have been from
tent to tent, and from habitation to
habitation.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all
Israel spake I one 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 cedar trees?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto
my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, I took thee from the sheep coat
and from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be a prince over my people
Israel.
8 And I have been with thee
whithersoever thou hast walked, and
have destroyed all thine enemies out of
thy sight, and have made thee a name,
like the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
9 (Also I will appoint a place for my
people Israel, and will plant it, that they
may dwell in their place, and move no
more: neither shall the wicked people
vex them any more, as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I commanded
judges over my people Israel) And I will
subdue all thine enemies: therefore I say
unto thee, that the Lord will build thee an
house.
11 And when thy days shall be fulfilled
to go with thy fathers, then will I raise
up thy seed after thee, which shall be of
thy sons, and will stablish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me an house, and I
will stablish his throne forever. 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.
14 But I will establish him in mine
house, and in my kingdom forever, and
his throne shall be stablished forever,
15 According to all these words, and
according to all this vision. So Nathan
spake to David.
16 And David the king went in and sat
before the Lord and said, Who am I, O
Lord God, and what is mine house, that
thou hast brought me hitherto?
17 Yet thou esteeming this a small thing,
O God, hast also spoken concerning the
house of thy servant for a great while,
and hast regarded me according to the
estate of a man of high degree, O Lord
God.
18 What can David desire more of thee
for the honor of thy servant? For thou
knowest thy servant.
19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, even
according to thine heart hast thou done
all this great thing to declare all
magnificence.
20 Lord, there is none like thee, neither
is there any God besides thee, according
to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 Moreover what one nation in the
earth is like thy people Israel, whose
God went to redeem them to be his
people, and to make thyself a name, and
to do great and terrible things by casting
out nations from before thy people,
whom thou hast delivered out of Egypt?
22 For thou hast ordained thy people
Israel to be thine own people forever,
and thou Lord art become their God.
23 Therefore now Lord, let the thing that
thou hast spoken concerning thy servant
and concerning his house, be confirmed
forever, and do as thou hast said,
24 And let thy name be stable and
magnified forever, that it may be said,
The Lord of hosts, God of Israel, is the
God of Israel, and let the house of David
thy servant be stablished before thee.
25 For thou, O my God, hast revealed
unto the ear of thy servant, that thou wilt
build him an house: therefore thy servant
hath been bold to pray before thee.
26 Therefore now Lord ( for thou art
God, and hast spoken this goodness unto
thy servant)
27 Now therefore, it hath pleased thee to
bless the house of thy servant, that it may
be before thee forever: for thou, O Lord,
hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed
forever.