1 Chronicles 17

¹ And it comes to pass as David sat in his house, that David said unto Nathan the prophet, "Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [is] under curtains"; ² and Nathan said unto David, "All that [is] in your heart do, for Elohim [is] with you." ³ And it comes to pass on that night that a word of Elohim is unto Nathan, saying, ⁴ "Go, and you have said unto David My servant, Thus said Yahweh, You do not build for Me the house to dwell in. ⁵ for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle, ⁶ whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spoke I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built for Me a house of cedars? ⁷ And now, thus do you say to My servant, to David, Thus said Yahweh of Hosts, I have taken you from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel, ⁸ and I am with you whithersoever you have walked, and I cut off all your enemies from your presence, and have made for you a name like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth. ⁹ And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it has dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first, ¹⁰ yea, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I have humbled all your enemies, and I declare to you that a house does Yahweh build for you, ¹¹ and it has come to pass, when your days have been fulfilled to go with your fathers, that I have raised up your seed after you, who is of your sons, and I have established his kingdom, ¹² he does build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the eon; ¹³ I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before you, ¹⁴ and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the eon, and his throne is established unto the eon." ¹⁵ According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan unto David. ¹⁶ And David the king comes in and sits before Yahweh, and said, "Who [am] I, O Yahweh Elohim, and what my house, that You have brought me hitherto? ¹⁷ And this is small in Your eyes, O Elohim, and You speak concerning the house of your servant afar off, and have seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O Yahweh Elohim!" ¹⁸ What does David add more unto You for the honor of Your servant; and You Your servant have known. ¹⁹ O Yahweh, for Your servant's sake, and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things. ²⁰ O Yahweh, there is none like You, and there is no elohim save You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹ And who [is] as Your people Israel, one nation in the earth whom Elohim has gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for You a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Your people whom You have ransomed out of Egypt - nations? ²² Yea, You do appoint Your people Israel to You for a people unto the eon, and You, O Yahweh, have been to them for Elohim. ²³ And now, O Yahweh, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house, let be stedfast unto the eon, and do as You have spoken; ²⁴ and let it be stedfast, and Your name is great unto the eon, saying, Yahweh of Hosts, Elohim of Israel, is Elohim to Israel, and the house of Your servant David is established before You; ²⁵ for You, O my Elohim, You have uncovered the ear of Your servant - to build to him a house, therefore has Your servant found to pray before You. ²⁶ And now, Yahweh, You [are] Elohim Himself, and You speak concerning Your servant this goodness; ²⁷ and now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, to be to the eon before You; for You, O Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed to the eon."