1 Chronicles 17:1-15

Modern English Version

The Davidic Covenant^(A)

17 Now it happened as David dwelt in his house that he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar while the ark of the Lord is under curtains.”

² So Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

³ But it happened on that same night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

⁴ Go and tell David My servant: Thus says the Lord: You will not build a house for Me to dwell in, ⁵ for I have not dwelt in a house since the day when I brought Israel up even until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle. ⁶ Wherever I have gone in all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to the any of the judges of Israel that I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?

⁷ And now say this to My servant David: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following after the flock, to be ruler over My people Israel, ⁸ and I have been with you wherever you went, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Also I will make your name like the names of the greatest on earth. ⁹ And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and I will plant them there where they will dwell securely and tremble no more, so that the sons of wickedness will not oppress them just as before ¹⁰ from the time when I commanded the judges of My people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.

And I declare to you the Lord will build a house for you. ¹¹ Then it will be when your days are full and you go to your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you from your own sons. His kingdom I will establish. ¹² He is the one who will build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. ¹³ I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. I will not take away My favor from him as I did from the one who was before you. ¹⁴ I will assign him a place in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established for all time.

¹⁵ Thus, Nathan spoke to David all these words and according to all this vision.