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1 Chronicles 17:1-27 — God's Promise to David

1Chr.17.1-27

¹Now it came about, when David settled in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains.” ²And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” ³But it happened that same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, ⁴"Go and say to David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in. ⁵For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one dwelling place to another. ⁶In all places where I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, “Why have you not built Me a house of cedars?”' ⁷"Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. ⁸And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth. ⁹And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be disturbed anymore; and the sons of wickedness will not oppress them anymore, as formerly, ¹⁰and as from the days that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you. ¹¹And it will come about, when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. ¹³I will be his father, and he will be My son; and I will not take My steadfast love away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. ¹⁴But I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.'" ¹⁵According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. ¹⁶Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? ¹⁷And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; and You have spoken concerning the house of Your servant for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O LORD God. ¹⁸What more can David say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant. ¹⁹O LORD, for Your servant's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things. ²⁰O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem to be a people for Himself, to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome things, by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt? ²²For You made Your people Israel to be Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, became their God. ²³And now, O LORD, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken. ²⁴Let it be established, and let Your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel.' And let the house of David Your servant be established before You. ²⁵For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You. ²⁶And now, O LORD, You are God, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. ²⁷And now You have begun to bless the house of Your servant , that it may continue forever before You; for You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever."

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4/11/2026

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