17:1 Now it came to pass, as David 1732 sat 3427 8804 in his house 1004, that David 1732 said 559 8799 to Nathan 5416 the prophet 5030, Lo, I dwell 3427 8802 in an house 1004 of cedars 730, but the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 [remaineth] under curtains 3407.

17:2 Then Nathan 5416 said 559 8799 unto David 1732, Do 6213 8798 all that [is] in thine heart 3824; for God 430 [is] with thee.

17:3 And it came to pass the same night 3915, that the word 1697 of God 430 came to Nathan 5416, saying 559 8800,

17:4 Go 3212 8798 and tell 559 8804 David 1732 my servant 5650, Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068, Thou shalt not build 1129 8799 me an house 1004 to dwell in 3427 8800:

17:5 For I have not dwelt in 3427 8804 an house 1004 since the day 3117 that I brought up 5927 8689 Israel 3478 unto this day 3117; but have gone from tent 168 to tent 168, and from [one] tabernacle 4908 [to another].(have gone: Heb. have been)

17:6 Wheresoever I have walked 1980 8694 with all Israel 3478, spake 1696 8765 I a word 1697 to any 259 of the judges 8199 8802 of Israel 3478, whom I commanded 6680 8765 to feed 7462 8800 my people 5971, saying 559 8800, Why have ye not built 1129 8804 me an house 1004 of cedars 730?

17:7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say 559 8799 unto my servant 5650 David 1732, Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, I took 3947 8804 thee from the sheepcote 5116, [even] from following 310 the sheep 6629, that thou shouldest be ruler 5057 over my people 5971 Israel 3478:(from following: Heb. from after)

17:8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked 1980 8804, and have cut off 3772 8686 all thine enemies 341 8802 from before 6440 thee, and have made 6213 8804 thee a name 8034 like the name 8034 of the great men 1419 that [are] in the earth 776.

17:9 Also I will ordain 7760 8804 a place 4725 for my people 5971 Israel 3478, and will plant 5193 8804 them, and they shall dwell 7931 8804 in their place, and shall be moved 7264 8799 no more; neither shall the children 1121 of wickedness 5766 waste 1086 8763 them any more 3254 8686, as at the beginning 7223,

17:10 And since the time 3117 that I commanded 6680 8765 judges 8199 8802 [to be] over my people 5971 Israel 3478. Moreover I will subdue 3665 8689 all thine enemies 341 8802. Furthermore I tell 5046 8686 thee that the LORD 3068 will build 1129 8799 thee an house 1004.

17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days 3117 be expired 4390 8804 that thou must go 3212 8800 [to be] with thy fathers 1, that I will raise up 6965 8689 thy seed 2233 after 310 thee, which shall be of thy sons 1121; and I will establish 3559 8689 his kingdom 4438.

17:12 He shall build 1129 8799 me an house 1004, and I will stablish 3559 8790 his throne 3678 for 5704 ever 5769.

17:13 I will be his father 1, and he shall be my son 1121: and I will not take 5493 0 my mercy 2617 away 5493 8686 from him, as I took 5493 8689 [it] from [him] that was before 6440 thee:

17:14 But I will settle 5975 8689 him in mine house 1004 and in my kingdom 4438 for ever 5769: and his throne 3678 shall be established 3559 8737 for 5704 evermore 5769.

17:15 According to all these words 1697, and according to all this vision 2377, so did Nathan 5416 speak 1696 8765 unto David 1732.

17:16 And David 1732 the king 4428 came 935 8799 and sat 3427 8799 before 6440 the LORD 3068, and said 559 8799, Who [am] I, O LORD 3068 God 430, and what [is] mine house 1004, that thou hast brought 935 8689 me hitherto 1988?

17:17 And [yet] this was a small thing 6994 8799 in thine eyes 5869, O God 430; for thou hast [also] spoken 1696 8762 of thy servant's 5650 house 1004 for a great while to come 7350, and hast regarded 7200 8804 me according to the estate 8448 of a man 120 of high degree 4609, O LORD 3068 God 430.

17:18 What can 3254 0 David 1732 [speak] more 3254 8686 to thee for the honour 3519 of thy servant 5650? for thou knowest 3045 8804 thy servant 5650.

17:19 O LORD 3068, for thy servant's 5650 sake, and according to thine own heart 3820, hast thou done 6213 8804 all this greatness 1420, in making known 3045 8687 all [these] great things 1420.(great…: Heb. greatnesses)

17:20 O LORD 3068, [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God 430 beside 2108 thee, according to all that we have heard 8085 8804 with our ears 241.

17:21 And what one 259 nation 1471 in the earth 776 [is] like thy people 5971 Israel 3478, whom God 430 went 1980 8804 to redeem 6299 8800 [to be] his own people 5971, to make 7760 8800 thee a name 8034 of greatness 1420 and terribleness 3372 8737, by driving out 1644 8763 nations 1471 from before 6440 thy people 5971, whom thou hast redeemed 6299 8804 out of Egypt 4714?

17:22 For thy people 5971 Israel 3478 didst thou make 5414 8799 thine own people 5971 for 5704 ever 5769; and thou, LORD 3068, becamest their God 430.

17:23 Therefore now, LORD 3068, let the thing 1697 that thou hast spoken 1696 8765 concerning thy servant 5650 and concerning his house 1004 be established 539 8735 for 5704 ever 5769, and do 6213 8798 as thou hast said 1696 8765.

17:24 Let it even be established 539 8735, that thy name 8034 may be magnified 1431 8799 for 5704 ever 5769, saying 559 8800, The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 [is] the God 430 of Israel 3478, [even] a God 430 to Israel 3478: and [let] the house 1004 of David 1732 thy servant 5650 [be] established 3559 8737 before 6440 thee.

17:25 For thou, O my God 430, hast told 1540 8804 241 thy servant 5650 that thou wilt build 1129 8800 him an house 1004: therefore thy servant 5650 hath found 4672 8804 [in his heart] to pray 6419 8692 before 6440 thee.(hast…: Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant)

17:26 And now, LORD 3068, thou art God 430, and hast promised 1696 8762 this goodness 2896 unto thy servant 5650:

17:27 Now therefore let it please 2974 8689 thee to bless 1288 8763 the house 1004 of thy servant 5650, that it may be before 6440 thee for ever 5769: for thou blessest 1288 8765, O LORD 3068, and [it shall be] blessed 1288 8794 for ever 5769.(let…: or, it hath pleased thee)

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