1 Chronicles · Unlocked Literal Bible
1 Chronicles 17 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 It happened that after the king had settled in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is staying under a tent.”
1 When David was living in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a cedar house, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
2 Then Nathan said to David, “Go, do what is in your heart, for God is with you.”
2 Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”
3 But that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
3 That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 “Go and tell David my servant, 'This is what Yahweh says: You will not build me a house in which to live.
4 “Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
5 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought up Israel to this present day. Instead, I have been living in a tent, a tabernacle, in various places.
5 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.
6 In all places I have moved among all Israel, did I ever say anything to any of Israel's leaders whom I appointed to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”'”
6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”’
7 “Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what Yahweh of hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, so that you would be ruler over my people Israel.
7 “Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel.
8 I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
9 I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them there, so that they may live in their own place and be troubled no more. No longer will wicked people oppress them, as they did before,
9 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. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first,
10 as they were doing from the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Then I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that I, Yahweh, will build you a house.
10 and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house.
11 It will come about that when your days are fulfilled for you to go to your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, and for one of your own descendants, I will establish his kingdom.
11 It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
12 He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
13 I will be a father to him, and he will be my son. I will not take my covenant faithfulness away from him, as I took it from Saul, who ruled before you.
13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you;
14 I will set him over my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.'”
14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.”’”
15 Nathan spoke to David and reported to him all these words, and he told him about the entire vision.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
16 Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh; he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my family, that you have brought me to this point?
16 Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
17 For this was a small thing in your sight, God. You have spoken of your servant's family for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, Yahweh God.
17 This was a small thing in your eyes, O God, but you have spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the standard of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
18 What more can I, David, say to you? You have honored your servant. You have given your servant special recognition.
18 What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.
19 Yahweh, for your servant's sake, and to fulfill your own purpose, you have done this great thing to reveal all your great deeds.
19 Yahweh, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
20 Yahweh, there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, just as we have always heard.
20 Yahweh, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 For what nation on earth is like your people Israel, whom you, God, rescued from Egypt as a people for yourself, to make a name for yourself by great and awesome deeds? You drove out nations from before your people, whom you rescued from Egypt.
21 What one nation on the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people whom you redeemed out of Egypt?
22 You made Israel your own people forever, and you, Yahweh, became their God.
22 For you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
23 So now, Yahweh, may the promise that you made concerning your servant and his family be established forever. Do as you have spoken.
23 Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.
24 May your name be established forever and be great, so the people will say, 'Yahweh of hosts is the God of Israel,' while the house of me, David, your servant is established before you.
24 Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.’
25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. That is why I, your servant, have found courage to pray to you.
25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.
26 Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have made this good promise to your servant:
26 Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.
27 Now it has pleased you to bless your servant's house, that it may continue forever before you. You, Yahweh, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
27 Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 6:7–9; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 17:5; Daniel 4:4; Haggai 1:4
- 2 1 Chronicles 28:2; 1 Corinthians 13:9; Zechariah 8:23; Psalm 20:4; 1 Chronicles 22:7
- 3 Amos 3:7; Isaiah 30:21; 2 Kings 20:1–5; Numbers 12:6
- 4 1 Chronicles 28:2–3; Isaiah 55:8–9; 2 Samuel 7:4–5; 1 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 6:8–9
- 5 2 Samuel 7:6; Isaiah 66:1–2; 1 Kings 8:16; Exodus 40:2–3; 2 Chronicles 2:6
- 6 2 Samuel 7:7; 1 Chronicles 11:2; Numbers 10:33–36; Judges 2:16–18; Ezekiel 34:2
- 7 2 Samuel 6:21; Psalm 78:70–71; Exodus 3:1–10; Amos 7:14–15; 1 Samuel 16:11–12
- 8 1 Samuel 18:14; Psalm 113:7–8; 1 Chronicles 17:2; Psalm 46:7; Genesis 28:15
- 9 Ezekiel 36:14–15; Revelation 21:4; Amos 9:15; Ephesians 5:6; Ezekiel 28:4
- 10 2 Samuel 7:11; Psalm 18:40–50; Psalm 89:23; Psalm 21:8–9; Judges 4:3
- 11 Psalm 132:11; 2 Samuel 7:12–13; Romans 1:3–4; Jeremiah 23:5–6; 1 Chronicles 29:15
- 12 Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44; 1 Kings 5:5; Revelation 11:15; Acts 7:47–48
- 13 Hebrews 1:5; Psalm 2:7; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Samuel 15:28; 2 Corinthians 6:18
- 14 Psalm 89:36; Luke 1:32–33; Psalm 72:17; Hebrews 3:6; Psalm 2:6
- 15 Acts 20:27; Jeremiah 23:28; 2 Samuel 7:17
- 16 2 Samuel 7:18; Genesis 32:10; Ephesians 3:8; Psalm 144:3; 1 Samuel 9:21
- 17 Isaiah 49:6; Philippians 2:8–11; Psalm 78:70–72; 1 Chronicles 17:11–15; Ephesians 3:20
- 18 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 139:1; Revelation 2:23; John 21:17; 1 Samuel 2:30
- 19 Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 49:5–6; Ephesians 1:9–11; 2 Samuel 7:21; Psalm 111:6
- 20 Isaiah 44:6; Ephesians 3:20; Exodus 15:11; Jeremiah 10:6–7; Psalm 78:3–4
- 21 Ezekiel 20:9–10; Exodus 3:7–8; Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 44:2–3; Psalm 65:5
- 22 Exodus 19:5–6; 1 Peter 2:9; Zechariah 13:9; 1 Samuel 12:22; Genesis 17:7
- 23 Jeremiah 11:5; Psalm 119:49; Luke 1:38; 2 Samuel 7:25–29; Genesis 32:12
- 24 Psalm 90:17; Jeremiah 31:1; Matthew 6:9; Revelation 21:3; 2 Chronicles 6:33
- 25 1 Samuel 9:15; Psalm 10:17; 1 John 5:14–15; Ezekiel 36:37
- 26 Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18; Exodus 34:6–7
- 27 Ephesians 1:3; Romans 11:29; Psalm 72:17
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