1 Chronicles 17
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1When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD's covenant is under a tent."1After David had settled down to live in his palace, he spoke with the prophet Nathan. "Look, here I am living in this cedar palace, but the ark of the LORD's covenant remains surrounded by curtains!"
2Nathan said to David, "You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you." 2"Do everything you have in mind," Nathan replied to David, "because God is with you."
3That night God told Nathan the prophet,3But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from God:
4"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: "You must not build me a house in which to live.4"Go tell David, my servant, 'This is what the Lord says: "'"You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you?
5For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.5After all, I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought out Israel until today. Instead, I've lived from tent to tent and from one place to another.
6Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 'Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?'"' 6Wherever I've moved within all of Israel, did I ever ask even one judge of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, 'Why haven't you built me a cedar house?'"'
7"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the LORD who commands armies says: "I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.7"Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I took you from the pasture myself—from tending sheep—to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel.
8I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.8"'"Furthermore, I have remained with you everywhere you have gone, annihilating all your enemies right in front of you. I will make your reputation great, like the reputation of the great ones who have lived on earth.
9I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning9I will establish a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people will not oppress them as happened in the past,
10and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. "'"I declare to you that the LORD will build a dynastic house for you!10during the time I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you deliverance from all your enemies. "'"I'm also announcing to you that the LORD also will himself build a house for you.
11When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.11It will come about that when your life is complete and you go to join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who is related to one of your sons, and I will fortify his kingdom.
12He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.12He will build a temple dedicated to me, and I will make his throne last forever.
13I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.13I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.
14I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent."'"14I will confirm him in my Temple and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will remain secure forever."'"
15Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. 15Using precisely these words, Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David.
16David went in, sat before the LORD, and said: "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?16Then King David went in, sat down in the presence of the LORD, and said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my household, since you have brought me to this?
17And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O LORD God.17Furthermore, this is a small thing to you, God, and yet you have spoken concerning your servant's household for a great while to come, and you have seen in me the fulfillment of man's purpose, LORD God.
18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.18"What more can David say to you about how you are honoring your servant, and you surely know your servant.
19O LORD, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.19LORD, for the sake of your servant, and consistent with your heart, you have done all of these great things and are now making these great things known.
20O LORD, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true!20"LORD, there is no one like you, and we have heard from no god other than you.
21And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.21What other one nation on the earth is like your people Israel, God, which you have redeemed from slavery to become your own people, making a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You did awesome miraculous deeds, driving out nations that stood in their way.
22You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.22You took your people Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.
23So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,23"And now, LORD, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done forever—and let it be done just as you've promised.
24so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The LORD who commands armies is the God of Israel.' David's dynasty will be established before you,24May your name be made great and honored forever: The LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, is God for Israel, and may the family of David your servant stand before you forever.
25for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.25"Because of you, my God, I have been bold to pray to you, as you have told your servant that you will build him a dynasty.
26Now, O LORD, you are the true God; you have made this good promise to your servant.26And now, LORD, you are God, and you have promised all of these good things to your servant.
27Now you are willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O LORD, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future." 27Furthermore, it has pleased you to bless the dynasty of your servant, so that it will continue in place forever in your presence, because when you, LORD, grant a blessing, it is an eternal blessing."
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