17:1And it came to pass, when
David dwelt in his
house, that
David said to
Nathan the
prophet, Lo, I dwell in a
house of cedar, but the
ark of the
covenant of
Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.
17:2And
Nathan said unto
David, Do all that is in thy
heart; for
God is with thee.
17:3And it came to pass the same
night, that the
word of
God came to
Nathan, saying,
17:4Go and tell
David my servant, Thus saith
Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a
house to dwell in:
17:5for I have not dwelt in a
house since the
day that I brought up
Israel, unto this
day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from
one tabernacle to another.
17:6In all places wherein I have walked with all
Israel, spake I a
word with any of the judges of
Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my
people, saying, Why have ye not built me a
house of cedar?
17:7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant
David, Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my
people Israel:
17:8and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a
name, like unto the
name of the great ones that are in the
earth.
17:9And I will appoint a
place for my
people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own
place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,
17:10and
as from the
day that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that
Jehovah will build thee a
house.
17:11And 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, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his
kingdom.
17:12He shall build me a
house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
17:13I will be his
father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
17:14but I will settle him in my
house and in my
kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.
17:15According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did
Nathan speak unto
David.
17:16Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? 17:17And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God. 17:18What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 17:19O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. 17:20O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 17:21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt? 17:22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. 17:23And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. 17:24And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee. 17:25For thou, O 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.17:26And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: 17:27and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
