1 Chronicles 17:1-15 - Yahweh's Covenant With David

¹ And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.

² And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.

³ And it came to pass that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying, ⁴ Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in; ⁵ for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. ⁶ In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?

⁷ And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel; ⁸ and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth. ⁹ And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness waste them any more, as formerly, ¹⁰ and since the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I will subdue all thine enemies; and I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house. ¹¹ And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. ¹² It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. ¹³ I will be his father, and he shall be my son; and I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it from him that was before thee; ¹⁴ and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.

¹⁵ According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.