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17 : 1 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."
17 : 2 Nathan replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you."
17 : 3 That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
17 : 4 Go and tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
17 : 5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another.
17 : 6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" `
17 : 7 Now then, tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.
17 : 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men of the earth.
17 : 9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning
17 : 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. " `I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you:
17 : 11 When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
17 : 12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
17 : 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor.
17 : 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.` "
17 : 15 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
17 : 16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
17 : 17 And as if this were not enough in your sight, O God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men, O LORD God.
17 : 18 What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant,
17 : 19 O LORD. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.
17 : 20 There is no one like you, O LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
17 : 21 And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?
17 : 22 You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, O LORD, have become their God.
17 : 23 And now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,
17 : 24 so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then men will say, `The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel`s God!` And the house of your servant David will be established before you.
17 : 25 You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you.
17 : 26 O LORD, you are God! You have promised these good things to your servant.
17 : 27 Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever."