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1 Chronicles - ch 17 v 1 - 20
- Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins.
- And Nathan said to David: Do all that is in thy heart: for God is with thee.
- Now that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
- Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.
- For I have not remained in a house from the time that I brought up Israel, to this day: but I have been always changing places in a tabernacle, and in a tent,
- Abiding with all Israel. Did I ever speak to any one, of all the judges of Israel, whom I charged to feed my people, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
- Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee from the pastures, from following the flock, that thou shouldst be ruler of my people Israel.
- And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone: and have slain all thy enemies before thee, and have made thee a name like that of one of the great ones that are renowned in the earth.
- And I have given a place to my people Israel: they shall be planted, and shall dwell therein, and shall be moved no more, neither shall the children of iniquity waste them, as at the beginning,
- Since the days that I gave judges to my people Israel, and have humbled all thy enemies. And I declare to thee, that the Lord will build thee a house.
- And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.
- He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
- I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.
- But I will settle him in my house, and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be most firm for ever.
- According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
- And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou shouldst give such things to me?
- But even this hath seemed little in thy sight, and therefore thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for the time to come: and best made me remarkable above all men, O Lord God.
- What can David add more, seeing thou hast thus glorified thy servant, and known him?
- O Lord, for thy servant's sake, according to thy own heart, thou hast shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst have all the great things to be known.
- O Lord there is none like thee: and there is no other God beside thee, of all whom we have heard of with our ears.
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