1Chronicles:17:1-15

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* And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house , that David said to Nathan the prophet , Behold , I dwell in a house of cedars , and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains . * And Nathan said to David , Do all that is in thy heart ; for God is with thee . * And it came to pass that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying , * Go and say to David my servant , Thus saith Jehovah : Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in ; * for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day ; but I have been from tent to tent , and from [one ] tabernacle [to another ]. * In all my going about with all Israel , did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel , whom I commanded to feed my people , saying , Why build ye me not a house of cedars ? * And now , thus shalt thou say unto my servant David , Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : I took thee from the pasture-grounds , from following the sheep , to be prince over my people Israel ; * and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest , and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee , and have made thee a name , like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth . * And I will appoint a place for my people Israel , and will plant them , that they may dwell in a place of their own , and be disturbed no more ; neither shall the sons of wickedness waste them any more , as formerly , * and since the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel . And I will subdue all thine enemies ; and I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house . * And it shall come to pass , when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go [to be ] with thy fathers , that I will set up thy seed after thee , which shall be of thy sons ; and I will establish his kingdom . * It is he who shall build me a house , and I will establish his throne for ever . * I will be his father , and he shall be my son ; and I will not take away my mercy from him , as I took it from him that was before thee ; * and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever ; and his throne shall be established for ever . * According to all these words , and according to all this vision , so did Nathan speak to David .

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