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The First Book of the Chronicles, Chapter 17
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Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said
to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark
of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
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Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for
God is with thee.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the
LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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For I have
not dwelt in an 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.
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Wheresoever I have 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?
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Now therefore thus
shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I
took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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And I have been with
thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine
enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of
the great men that are in the earth.
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Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will 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,
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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 an house.
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou
must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after
thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
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He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for
ever.
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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 before
thee:
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But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak unto David.
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And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who
am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me
hitherto?
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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 of high
degree, O LORD God.
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What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant?
for thou knowest thy servant.
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O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own
heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these
great things.
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O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside
thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom
God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of
greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy
people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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For thy people
Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD,
becamest their God.
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Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for
ever, and do as thou hast said.
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Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for
ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to
Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before
thee.
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For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build
him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray
before thee.
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And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness
unto thy servant:
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Now therefore let it please thee to bless the
house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou
blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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