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geneva@1Chronicles:17:1 @ Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of (note:)Well built and fair.(:note) cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under That is, in tents covered with skin. curtains.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:2 @ Then Nathan said unto David, Do (note:)As yet God had not revealed to the prophet what he purposed concerning David, therefore seeing God favoured David, he spoke what he thought.(:note) all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:3 @ And it came to pass the same (note:)After Nathan had spoken to David.(:note) night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:4 @ Goe, and tell Dauid my seruant, Thus saith the Lorde, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:5 @ For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from (note:)That is, in a tent which moved to and fro.(:note) tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

geneva@1Chronicles:17:6 @ Wheresoever I have (note:)Meaning, wherever his ark went, which was a sign of his presence.(:note) walked with all Israel, spake I a 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 cedars?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:7 @ Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, (note:)Of a shepherd of sheep I made you a shepherd of men: so that you did not come to this dignity through your own merits, but by my pure grace.(:note) [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:8 @ And I haue bene with thee whithersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:9 @ Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will (note:)Make them sure that they will not move.(:note) 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,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:10 @ And since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will (note:)Will give you great posterity.(:note) build thee an house.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:11 @ And when thy dayes shalbe fulfilled to go with thy fathers, then will I rayse vp thy seede after thee, which shalbe of thy sonnes, and will stablish his kingdome.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:12 @ He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for (note:)That is, to the coming of Christ: for then these figures would cease.(:note) ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:13 @ 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 (note:)Which was Saul.(:note) thee:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:14 @ But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished for euer,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:15 @ According to all these wordes, and according to al this vision. So Nathan spake to Dauid.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:16 @ And David the king (note:)He went into the tent where the Ark was, showing what we should do when we receive any benefits from the Lord.(:note) came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought me Meaning to this kingly estate. hitherto?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:17 @ And [yet] this was a small thing in thine 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 (note:)You have promised a kingdom that will continue to me and my posterity and that Christ will proceed from me.(:note) high degree, O LORD God.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:18 @ What can Dauid desire more of thee for the honour of thy seruant? for thou knowest thy seruant.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:19 @ O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own (note:)Freely and according to the purpose of your will, without any deserving.(:note) heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all [these] great things.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:20 @ Lorde, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we haue heard with our eares.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:21 @ Moreouer what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whose God went to redeeme them to be his people, and to make thy selfe a Name, and to doe great and terrible things by casting out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:22 @ For thou hast ordeined thy people Israel to be thine owne people for euer, and thou Lord art become their God.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:23 @ Therefore nowe Lorde, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant & concerning his house, be confirmed for euer, and doe as thou hast sayd,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:24 @ Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of (note:)That is, he shows himself indeed to be their God, by delivering them from dangers, and preserving them.(:note) Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:25 @ For thou, O my God, hast (note:)You have declared to me by Nathan the prophet.(:note) told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:26 @ Therefore nowe Lord (for thou art God, & hast spoken this goodnesse vnto thy seruant)

geneva@1Chronicles:17:27 @ Now therfore, it hath pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may bee before thee for euer: for thou, O Lord, hast blessed it, and it shalbe blessed for euer.

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