‏ 1 Chronicles 17

CHAPTER 17

David Prohibited from Building God's House

1And it came to pass as David dwelt in   his house, and David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of the covenant of the lord  is underneath hide coverings. 2And Nathan said to David, All   in   your soul do! for   God is with you. 3And it came to pass in   that night, and [³came ¹the word ²of God] to   Nathan, 4You go, and say to David   my servant! Thus said the lord, You shall not build for me a house   for me to dwell in it. 5for I did not dwell in a house from the day which I led up   Israel until   this day; for I was in a tent for protection and inside  the covering. 6In all the places  in which I went with all Israel, did in speaking I say to any one tribe of Israel, to the ones whom I gave charge   to tend   my people, saying, Why did you not build for me a house of cedar? 7And now, thus you shall say to  my servant David, Thus says the lord  of the forces, I took you from out of the haven, from following the flocks,   to be as one leading over   my people Israel. 8And I was with you in all the places  in which you went, and I utterly destroyed all   your enemies from in front of you, and I made to you a name according to the name of the great ones, of the ones upon the earth. 9And I shall establish a place   for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall encamp by himself, and he shall not be disturbed any longer; and [³shall not ⁴proceed ¹the son ²of iniquity]   to humble him as from the beginning. 10And from days which I arranged judges over   my people Israel, and I humbled all   your enemies, even I will increase you, and I will build to you a house, says the lord. 11And it will be whenever [²should be filled   ¹your days]   to go with   your fathers, that I will raise up   your seed after you, who will be from   your belly, and I will prepare   his kingdom. 12He shall build for me a house, and I shall re-erect   his throne unto the eon. 13I will be to him as father, and he will be to me as son. And   my mercy I will not remove from him, as I removed from the ones before you. 14And I will stand him in   my house, and with   his kingdom unto the eon. And   his throne will be re-erected unto the eon. 15According to all   these words, and according to all   this vision, so spoke Nathan to David. 16And [³came   ¹king ²David] and sat before the lord, and said, Who am I, O lord    God, and what   is my house, that you loved me unto the eon? 17And these things were diminished before you,   O God; and you spoke about the house   of your servant from a long time, and looked upon me as [²vision ¹man's], and raised me up high, O lord    God. 18How shall [²proceed ³yet ¹David] to you, to glorify you --   your servant? and you   [²your servant ¹know]. 19O lord, on account of   your servant, and according to   your heart, you did   all this greatness, to make known all the great things. 20O lord, there is none likened to you, and there is no God besides you, according to all as much as we heard with   our ears. 21And there is no [²as   ³your people ⁴Israel ¹nation] yet upon the earth, as [²guided ³him   ¹God] for the ransoming a people to himself,   to establish to himself [⁴name ¹a great ²and ³apparent],   to cast out [²from ³in front   ⁴of your people ⁵of whom ⁶you ransomed ⁷out of ⁸Egypt ¹nations]. 22And you appointed   your people Israel for yourself -- a people unto the eon. And you, O lord, became to them for God. 23And now, O lord,   your word which you spoke to   your servant, and concerning   his house, let it be trusted unto the eon, and you do as you spoke! 24And let [²be trusted ³and ⁴be magnified   ¹your name] unto the eon! saying, The lord  almighty, the God of Israel, God to  Israel; and the house of David   your servant being erected before you. 25For you, O lord    my God, uncovered the ear   of your servant,   to build him a house. Because of this [²found need    ¹your servant]   to pray before your face. 26And now, O lord, You are he --   God, and you spoke [²concerning   ³your servant   ¹these good things]. 27And now you began   to bless the house   of your servant,   for it to be in the eon before you. For you, O lord, blessed; and it is blessed into the eon.