1 Chronicles 17 (NET)

1 Chronicles 17:1¹When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord ’s covenant is under a tent.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:11 Chr 17:52 Chr 6:7-92 Sam 6:17Dan 4:29-30Dan 4:4Exod 40:19-21Hag 1:4Hag 1:9Jer 22:15

1 Chronicles 17:2²Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:21 Cor 13:91 Chr 22:71 Sam 10:71 Sam 16:72 Sam 7:3Josh 9:14Luke 1:28Ps 20:4Zech 8:23

1 Chronicles 17:3³That night God told Nathan,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:7Isa 30:212 Kgs 20:1-5Num 12:6

1 Chronicles 17:4⁴“Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must not build me a house in which to live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:2-31 Kgs 8:192 Sam 7:4-5Isa 55:8-91 Chr 22:7-82 Chr 6:8-9Rom 11:33-34

1 Chronicles 17:5⁵For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:61 Kgs 8:16Isa 66:1-22 Chr 2:6Exod 40:2-31 Kgs 8:271 Kgs 8:42 Chr 6:182 Sam 6:17Acts 7:44-50

1 Chronicles 17:6⁶Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:71 Chr 11:2Num 10:33-361 Sam 12:112 Cor 6:16Acts 13:20Deut 23:14Exod 33:14-15Exod 40:35-38Ezek 34:2

1 Chronicles 17:7⁷“So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:21Exod 3:1-10Ps 78:70-711 Sam 16:11-121 Sam 17:152 Sam 7:8Amos 7:14-15Luke 5:10Matt 2:6Matt 4:18-22

1 Chronicles 17:8⁸I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 18:141 Chr 17:2Ps 113:7-81 Sam 18:282 Sam 7:9Gen 28:15Ps 46:7Ps 71:21Ps 75:71 Chr 17:17

1 Chronicles 17:9⁹I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginningCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 36:14-15Rev 21:4Amos 9:15Eph 5:6Exod 1:13-14Exod 2:23Ezek 28:4Ps 44:2Eph 2:2-3Ezek 34:13

1 Chronicles 17:10¹⁰and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. “‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house for you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:11Ps 18:40-50Ps 89:231 Cor 15:25Exod 1:21Judg 2:14-18Judg 4:3Ps 21:8-91 Sam 13:19-20Ps 127:1

1 Chronicles 17:11¹¹When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 132:112 Sam 7:12-13Jer 23:5-6Rom 1:3-41 Chr 28:51 Chr 29:151 Chr 29:281 Kgs 1:211 Kgs 2:101 Kgs 8:20

1 Chronicles 17:12¹²He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 2:44Isa 9:71 Kgs 5:5Acts 7:47-48Rev 11:151 Chr 22:9-101 Chr 28:6-10Ps 89:36-371 Cor 15:252 Chr 3:1-4

1 Chronicles 17:13¹³I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 1:5Ps 2:71 Chr 10:141 Chr 17:121 Sam 15:282 Cor 6:18Isa 55:3Ps 2:121 Kgs 11:12-131 Kgs 11:36

1 Chronicles 17:14¹⁴I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 89:36Luke 1:32-33Ps 72:17Heb 3:6Ps 2:6

1 Chronicles 17:15¹⁵Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:17Acts 20:27Jer 23:28

1 Chronicles 17:16¹⁶King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:18Eph 3:8Gen 32:10Ps 144:31 Sam 7:121 Sam 9:212 Cor 1:102 Kgs 19:14Acts 26:22Gen 48:15-16

1 Chronicles 17:17¹⁷And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O Lord God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 49:6Phil 2:8-111 Chr 17:11-151 Chr 17:7-8Eph 3:20Ps 78:70-72Ps 89:19-371 Kgs 3:132 Kgs 3:182 Sam 12:8

1 Chronicles 17:18¹⁸What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:71 Sam 2:302 Sam 7:20-24John 21:17Ps 139:1Rev 2:23

1 Chronicles 17:19¹⁹O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 37:35Eph 1:9-11Isa 49:5-61 Chr 29:11-122 Sam 7:21Dan 9:17Eph 3:11Isa 42:1Isa 49:3Matt 11:26

1 Chronicles 17:20²⁰O Lord, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:6Eph 3:20Exod 15:11Jer 10:6-71 Sam 2:2Deut 3:24Deut 33:26Deut 4:39Isa 43:10Isa 45:22

1 Chronicles 17:21²¹And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:9-10Deut 15:15Deut 33:26-29Deut 4:32-34Deut 4:7Deut 7:1-2Exod 19:4-6Exod 3:7-8Isa 48:9Isa 63:12

1 Chronicles 17:22²²You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 19:5-61 Pet 2:91 Sam 12:22Deut 26:18-19Deut 7:6-8Gen 17:7Jer 31:31-34Rom 11:1-12Rom 9:25-26Rom 9:4-6

1 Chronicles 17:23²³So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 11:5Ps 119:492 Sam 7:25-29Gen 32:12Luke 1:38

1 Chronicles 17:24²⁴so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is the God of Israel.’ The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:112 Chr 6:33Heb 11:16Heb 8:10Jer 31:1John 12:28John 17:1Matt 6:13Matt 6:9Phil 2:11

1 Chronicles 17:25²⁵for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 5:14-151 Sam 9:15Ezek 36:37Ps 10:17

1 Chronicles 17:26²⁶Now, O Lord, you are the true God; you have made this good promise to your servant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 6:18Titus 1:2Exod 34:6-7

1 Chronicles 17:27²⁷Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 1:3Rom 11:29Ps 72:17