1 Chronicles 17 — NWB
17Verse 1Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.Verse 2Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.Verse 3And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,Verse 4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:Verse 5For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another .Verse 6Wherever I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?Verse 7Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldst be ruler over my people Israel:Verse 8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thy enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.Verse 9Also 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.Verse 10And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all thy enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the LORD will build thee a house.Verse 11And it shall come to pass, when thy days shall be ended that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.Verse 12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.Verse 13I 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:Verse 14But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.Verse 15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.Verse 16And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?Verse 17And yet this was a small thing in thy 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.Verse 18What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.Verse 19O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thy own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.Verse 20O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.Verse 21And 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?Verse 22For thy people Israel didst thou make thy own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.Verse 23Therefore 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.Verse 24Let 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.Verse 25For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.Verse 26And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness to thy servant:Verse 27Now 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.