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1|Chron.|17:1|-||1a|And as David dwelt in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah dwells under curtains.
1|Chron.|17:2|-|And Nathan said to David, All that is in your heart do, for God is with you.
1|Chron.|17:3|-|And in that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
1|Chron.|17:4|-|Go and say to David My servant, Thus says Jehovah, It will not be you who |a|builds Me a house to dwell in.
1|Chron.|17:5|-|For I have not dwelt in a house, since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.
1|Chron.|17:6|-|In all My going about among all Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to |a|shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
1|Chron.|17:7|-|And now thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you might be ruler over My people Israel;
1|Chron.|17:8|-|And I have been with you in every place that you have gone and have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make a name for you, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
1|Chron.|17:9|-|And I will appoint a |a|place for My people Israel and will plant them there, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more; and the sons of wickedness will waste them away no more as before,
1|Chron.|17:10|-|Even since the time when I commanded that there be judges over My people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I declare to you that Jehovah will build you a |a|house.
1|Chron.|17:11|-|When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your |a|seed after you, which will be from your sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
1|Chron.|17:12|-|It is he who will |a|build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
1|Chron.|17:13|-|I will be his |a|Father, and he will be My |b|son; and My lovingkindness I will not take from him, as I took it away from him who was before you.
1|Chron.|17:14|-|And I will set him in My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.
1|Chron.|17:15|-|According to all these words and according to this whole vision did Nathan speak to David.
1|Chron.|17:16|-|Then King David went and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?
1|Chron.|17:17|-|And this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; but You have spoken of the house of Your servant for a great while to come; and You have regarded me according to the custom for a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
1|Chron.|17:18|-|What more can David add to say to You concerning this honoring of Your servant? For You know Your servant.
1|Chron.|17:19|-|O Jehovah, for Your servant’s sake and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to make known all these great things.
1|Chron.|17:20|-|O Jehovah, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
1|Chron.|17:21|-|And who is like Your people Israel, a nation unique on the earth, which God went to redeem to Himself as a people in order to make for Yourself a name of greatness and awesomeness to drive out nations from before Your people, whom You have redeemed out of Egypt?
1|Chron.|17:22|-|And You have made Your people Israel to be a people to You forever, and You, O Jehovah, became their God.
1|Chron.|17:23|-|And now, O Jehovah, may the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken.
1|Chron.|17:24|-|And may Your name be established and magnified forever when men say, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant will be established before You.
1|Chron.|17:25|-|For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant, that You will build him a |a|house; therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray before You.
1|Chron.|17:26|-|And now, O Jehovah, You are God, and You have spoken this good matter concerning Your servant;
1|Chron.|17:27|-|Now therefore You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be before You forever; for You, O Jehovah, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
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