Thematic Bible
1 Chronicles 17:1 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:2 (show verse)
And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.
1 Chronicles 17:3 (show verse)
And it came to pass that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
1 Chronicles 17:4 (show verse)
Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
1 Chronicles 17:5 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:6 (show verse)
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?
1 Chronicles 17:7 (show verse)
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;
1 Chronicles 17:8 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:9 (show verse)
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,
1 Chronicles 17:10 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:11 (show verse)
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.
Covenant » Instances of » With david
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
1 Chronicles 17:12 (show verse)
It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
Covenant » Instances of » With david
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
The First Temple » David » Told by the prophet that solomon should build
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
The First Temple » David » Told by the prophet that solomon should build
1 Chronicles 17:13 (show verse)
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;
Covenant » Instances of » With david
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
1 Chronicles 17:14 (show verse)
and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.
Covenant » Instances of » With david
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
David » King of israel » Prophecies concerning him and his kingdom
David » King of israel » Desires to build a temple, is forbidden, but receives God's promise that his seed should reign forever
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » His message to david concerning the building of a temple
Solomon » Prophecies concerning
1 Chronicles 17:15 (show verse)
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
1 Chronicles 17:16 (show verse)
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?
1 Chronicles 17:17 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:18 (show verse)
What can David say more to thee for the glory of thy servant? thou indeed knowest thy servant.
1 Chronicles 17:19 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:20 (show verse)
Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
1 Chronicles 17:21 (show verse)
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?
1 Chronicles 17:22 (show verse)
And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.
1 Chronicles 17:23 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:24 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:25 (show verse)
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.
1 Chronicles 17:26 (show verse)
And now, Jehovah, thou art that God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;
1 Chronicles 17:27 (show verse)
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.