1 Crônicas 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 ofWell built and fair.cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] underThat is, in tents covered with skin.curtains.

² Then Nathan said unto David, DoAs yet God had not revealed to the prophet what he purposed concerning David, therefore seeing God favoured David, he spoke what he thought.all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.

³ And it came to pass the sameAfter Nathan had spoken to David.night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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

⁵ For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone fromThat is, in a tent which moved to and fro.tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

⁶ Wheresoever I haveMeaning, wherever his ark went, which was a sign of his presence.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?

⁷ Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,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.[even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

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.

⁹ Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and willMake them sure that they will not move.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,

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 willWill give you great posterity.build thee an house.

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.

¹² He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne forThat is, to the coming of Christ: for then these figures would cease.ever.

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 beforeWhich was Saul.thee:

¹⁴ But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished for euer,

¹⁵ According to all these wordes, and according to al this vision. So Nathan spake to Dauid.

¹⁶ And David the kingHe went into the tent where the Ark was, showing what we should do when we receive any benefits from the Lord.came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought meMeaning to this kingly estate.hitherto?

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 ofYou have promised a kingdom that will continue to me and my posterity and that Christ will proceed from me.high degree, O LORD God.

¹⁸ What can Dauid desire more of thee for the honour of thy seruant? for thou knowest thy seruant.

¹⁹ O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine ownFreely and according to the purpose of your will, without any deserving.heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all [these] great things.

²⁰ Lorde, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we haue heard with our eares.

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?

²² For thou hast ordeined thy people Israel to be thine owne people for euer, and thou Lord art become their God.

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,

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

²⁵ For thou, O my God, hastYou have declared to me by Nathan the prophet.told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

²⁶ Therefore nowe Lord (for thou art God, & hast spoken this goodnesse vnto thy seruant)

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.