1 Chronicles 17

God's Response to David 1 Chronicles 17:3–7

³Verse 3. That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying, ⁴Verse 4. “Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in; ⁵Verse 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. ⁶Verse 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?’”’

⁷Verse 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.

God's Covenant with David 1 Chronicles 17:8–10

⁸Verse 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 in the earth. ⁹Verse 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, ¹⁰Verse 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.

Promise of an Eternal Kingdom 1 Chronicles 17:11–14

¹¹Verse 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. ¹²Verse 12. He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. ¹³Verse 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 that was before you; ¹⁴Verse 14. but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.”’”

David's Humble Response 1 Chronicles 17:15–19

¹⁵Verse 15. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. ¹⁶Verse 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? ¹⁷Verse 17. This was a small thing in your eyes, 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. ¹⁸Verse 18. What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.

¹⁹Verse 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.

God's Unique Relationship with Israel 1 Chronicles 17:20–24

²⁰Verse 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. ²¹Verse 21. What one nation in 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 redeem out of Egypt? ²²Verse 22. For you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. ²³Verse 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.

²⁴Verse 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.’

Closing Prayer for Blessing 1 Chronicles 17:25–27

²⁵Verse 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. ²⁶Verse 26. Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant. ²⁷Verse 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.”