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David Tells Nathan of the Cedar House
by emmanuel_higgins
17
:
2
1 Chronicles 17:2
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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
L
ORD
remaineth
under curtains.
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that
is
in thine heart; for God
is
with thee.
3
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the
L
ORD
, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5
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
.
6
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?
7
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
L
ORD
of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,
even
from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8
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.
9
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,
10
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
L
ORD
will build thee an house.
11
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.
12
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13
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:
14
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16
And David the king came and sat before the
L
ORD
, and said, Who
am
I, O
L
ORD
God, and what
is
mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
17
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
L
ORD
God.
18
What can David
speak
more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19
O
L
ORD
, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all
these
great things.
20
O
L
ORD
,
there is
none like thee, neither
is there any
God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21
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?
22
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou,
L
ORD
, becamest their God.
23
Therefore now,
L
ORD
, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The
L
ORD
of hosts
is
the God of Israel,
even
a God to Israel: and
let
the house of David thy servant
be
established before thee.
25
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.
26
And now,
L
ORD
, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
27
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
L
ORD
, and
it shall be
blessed for ever.
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