1 Chronicles 17

1 Chronicles 17 in full

King James Version, 27 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. 1 Chr 17:1

   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 Lord remaineth under curtains.

2. 1 Chr 17:2

   Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

3. 1 Chr 17:3

   And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

4. 1 Chr 17:4

   Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

5. 1 Chr 17:5

   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. 1 Chr 17:6

   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. 1 Chr 17:7

   Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

8. 1 Chr 17:8

   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. 1 Chr 17:9

   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. 1 Chr 17:10

    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 Lord will build thee an house.

11. 1 Chr 17:11

    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. 1 Chr 17:12

    He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

13. 1 Chr 17:13

    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. 1 Chr 17:14

    But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

15. 1 Chr 17:15

    According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

16. 1 Chr 17:16

    And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

17. 1 Chr 17:17

    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 Lord God.

18. 1 Chr 17:18

    What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

19. 1 Chr 17:19

    O Lord, 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. 1 Chr 17:20

    O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

21. 1 Chr 17:21

    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. 1 Chr 17:22

    For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.

23. 1 Chr 17:23

    Therefore now, Lord, 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. 1 Chr 17:24

    Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord 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. 1 Chr 17:25

    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. 1 Chr 17:26

    And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

27. 1 Chr 17:27

    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 Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.

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1 Chronicles 17 is part of 1 Chronicles, book 13 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 29 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.