“Now it came to pass as David sat in his house that David said to Nathan the prophet lo I dwell in a house of cedars. A beautiful house, but the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.”
1 Chronicles 17
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1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."
2And Nathan replied to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
“Then Nathan said unto David do all that is in thine heart for God is with thee.”
3But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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4"Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
“Go and tell David My servant. Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build Me a house to dwell in.”
5For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
“For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel out of Israel and to this day. But I have gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another.”
6In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, 'Why haven't you built Me a house of cedar?'
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7Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
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9And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
“Moreover, I will appoint a place for is my people Israel and will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own. And move no more nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore as previously.”
“Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people, Israel. I will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more, nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore as previously”
“Also, I will ordain a place for my people Israel and I will plant them and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more. Neither shall the children of wickedness waste them anymore as at the beginning.”
10and have done since the day I appointed judges 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.
“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 will build thee a house.”
11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
“And it shall be when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons, and I will establish his kingdom.”
“When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his”
“When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons. I will establish his kingdom,”
12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
“He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.”
“he shall build a house for me and I will establish his throne forever.”
“He will build me a house and I will establish his throne forever.”
13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
“I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son and I will not take my steadfast love from him as I took it from him who was before you,”
14But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever."
“But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever and his throne shall be established Forever”
“but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever and his throne shall be established.”
15So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
“according to all these words and according to all this vision. So Nathan spoke to David.”
“According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.”
“According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.”
“according to all these words, and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David.”
“According to these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.”
“According to all these words and according to all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.”
16Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
“Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far?”
“when King David went in and he sat down before the Lord and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house that You have brought me to this”
17And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
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18What more can David say to You for so honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
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19O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.
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20O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
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21And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
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22For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
“and you established your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever and you O Lord became their God,”
23And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
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24so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, 'The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.' And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
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25For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
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26And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever."
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