1Chronicles:17:1-15

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:1 @ And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said unto Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:2 @ And Nathan said unto David, All that is in thy heart do; for God is with thee.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:3 @ And it came to pass during that night, that the word of God came unto Nathan, saying,

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:4 @ Go and say unto David my servant, Thus hath said the Lord, Not thou shalt build for me the house to dwell in;

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:5 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel even until this day; but have been from tent to tent, and from tabernacle.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:6 @ In all the places where I moved about among all Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I had ordained to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar?

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:7 @ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee away from the sheepcote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel;

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:8 @ And I have been with thee withersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a name; like the name of the great men who are on the earth;

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:9 @ And I have procured a place for my people Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not waste them any more, as aforetimes,

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:10 @ And since the time that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have humbled all thy enemies; and now I tell thee that the Lord will build for thee a house.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:11 @ And it shall come to pass, that, when thy days will be completed that thou must go with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:12 @ He it is that shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:13 @ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be unto me as a son: and my kindness will I not cause to depart from him, as I caused it to depart from him that was before thee;

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:14 @ But I will place him firmly in my house and in my kingdom for evermore; and his throne shall be established for ever.

sf_leeser_rev1@1Chronicles:17:15 @ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

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