1Chronicles:17

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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 . * And king David went in and sat before Jehovah , and said , Who am I , Jehovah Elohim , and what is my house , that thou hast brought me hitherto ? * And this hath been a small thing in thy sight , O God ; and thou hast spoken of thy servant 's house for a great while to come , and hast regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree , Jehovah Elohim . * What can David [say ] more to thee for the glory of thy servant ? thou indeed knowest thy servant . * Jehovah , for thy servant 's sake , and according to thine own heart , hast thou done all this greatness , to make known all these great things . * Jehovah , there is none like thee , neither is there any God beside thee , according to all that we have heard with our ears . * And who is like thy people Israel , the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself , to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness , by driving out nations from before thy people , which thou hast redeemed out of Egypt ? * And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever ; and thou , Jehovah , art become their God . * And now , Jehovah , let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever , and do as thou hast said . * Let it even be established , and let thy name be magnified for ever , saying , Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , is God to Israel ; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee . * For thou , my God , hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house ; therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart ] to pray before thee . * And now , Jehovah , thou art that God , and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant ; * and now , let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant , that it may be before thee for ever ; for thou , Jehovah , hast blessed [it ], and it shall be blessed for ever .

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