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1 Chronicles 17
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Chapter 17
The prophecy of Nathan
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Once David had settled into his house, he said to the prophet Nathan, ‘Here am I living in a house of cedar, while the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is still beneath the awning of a tent’.
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Nathan said to David, ‘Do all that is in your mind, for God is with you’.
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But that very night the word of Yahweh came to Nathan,
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‘Go and tell my servant David, “Yahweh says this: You are not the man to build me a house to dwell in.
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I have never stayed in a house from the day I brought Israel out until today, but went from tent to tent, from one shelter to another.
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In all my journeying with the whole of Israel, did I say to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I had appointed as shepherds of my people: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
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This is what you must say to my servant David: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader of my people Israel.
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I have been with you on all your expeditions; I have cut off all your enemies before you. I will give you fame as great as the fame of the greatest on earth.
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I will provide a place for my people Israel; I will plant them there and they shall live in that place and never be disturbed again; nor shall the wicked continue to destroy them, as they did
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in the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel; I will subdue all their enemies. I will make you great; Yahweh will make you a House.
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And when your days are ended and you must go to your ancestors, I will preserve your offspring after you, a son of your own, and make his sovereignty secure.
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It is he who shall build a house for me and I will make his throne firm for ever.
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I will be a father to him and he a son to me. I will not withdraw my favour from him, as I withdrew it from your predecessor.
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I will preserve him for ever in my house and in my kingdom; and his throne shall be established for ever.”‘
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Nathan related all these words to David and this whole revelation.
David’s prayer
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King David then went in and, seated before Yahweh, said: ‘Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my House, that you have led me as far as this?
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Yet in your eyes, O God, this is still not far enough, and you make your promises extend to your servant’s House into the distant future. You show me as it were a line of men, and it is Yahweh God, who promises it.
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What more can David say to you for the honour you have given to your servant? You yourself have singled out your servant.
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For your servant’s sake, this dog of yours, you have done such a great thing by revealing all this greatness to come.
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There is none like you, no God except you alone, that we have ever heard of.
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Is there another people on the earth like your people Israel, with a God setting out to redeem it and make it his people, giving yourself a name for great and terrible things by driving nations out before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?
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You made your people Israel your own people for ever; and you, Yahweh, have become their God.
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Now, Yahweh, let the promise you have made to your servant and to his House be always kept, and do as you have said.
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May this promise hold good and your name be exalted for ever; may they say, “Yahweh Sabaoth is the God of Israel, he is God for Israel.” The House of your servant David will be made secure in your presence,
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since you yourself, my God, have made the revelation to your servant that you would build him a House; and so your servant has ventured to offer this prayer in your presence.
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Yes, Yahweh, you are God indeed, and you have made this kind promise to your servant.
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Be pleased, then, to bless the House of your servant, that it may continue for ever in your presence; for what you, Yahweh, have blessed is blessed for ever.’
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