God’s Covenant with David
(1 Chronicles 17:1–15)
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, Pro 16:7Luk 1:74-751Ki 5:42Ch 14:61Ch 17:1-27Dan 4:29-30Jos 23:1Psa 18:1 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.” 1Ch 16:12Sa 5:112Sa 12:1Act 7:46Hag 1:4Jhn 2:171Ch 29:29Exo 26:1-14
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.” 1Ch 22:71Ki 8:17-181Ch 28:21Sa 16:72Ki 4:271Jn 2:271Sa 10:7Psa 20:4
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, 1Ch 17:3Num 12:6Amo 3:7 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in? 1Ch 17:41Ch 22:7-81Ch 23:3-321Ki 5:3-41Ki 8:16-19 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling. 1Ki 8:16Exo 40:18-19Jos 18:1Exo 40:34-381Ch 17:5-62Co 6:16Act 7:44Deu 23:14 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders 1I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’ 1Ch 17:62Sa 5:2Lev 26:11-12Jhn 21:15-17Act 20:28Act 21:28Deu 23:14Ezk 34:15
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. 1Sa 16:11-122Sa 6:21Psa 78:70-711Ch 17:72Sa 12:71Sa 10:11Sa 9:16 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land. 2Sa 5:101Ch 17:81Sa 18:142Sa 8:6Psa 18:37-422Sa 22:34-38Psa 113:7-82Sa 8:14
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning Amo 9:151Ch 17:9Jer 24:6Isa 60:18Ezk 37:25-27Ezk 28:24Psa 89:22-23Psa 80:8 and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. 2Sa 7:272Sa 7:11Ch 17:101Sa 12:9-11Jdg 2:14-16Psa 89:3-41Ki 11:381Ch 22:10
The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you. And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. Act 2:301Ki 8:201Ki 2:1Act 13:361Ch 17:11Psa 132:11-12Deu 31:16Mat 22:42-44 He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Luk 1:31-331Ki 8:192Sa 7:161Ch 22:9-101Ki 5:5Psa 89:4Isa 9:71Ki 6:12 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. 2 When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. Heb 1:5Rev 3:191Ch 17:131Ch 28:6Deu 8:51Co 11:32Heb 12:5-11Jer 30:11
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way. 1Sa 15:231Sa 15:28Psa 89:281Ki 11:131Sa 16:142Sa 7:14Isa 9:72Sa 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, 3 and your throne will be established forever.” Luk 1:32-33Psa 89:36-372Sa 7:13Isa 9:7Dan 2:44Dan 7:14Gen 49:10Psa 45:6
So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision. 1Ch 17:151Co 15:3Act 20:20Act 20:27
David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving
(1 Chronicles 17:16–27)
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? Psa 8:41Ch 17:161Sa 18:18Gen 32:10Exo 3:111Sa 15:17Eph 3:8Jdg 6:15 And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD? 4 Isa 55:8-91Ch 17:172Sa 7:11-16Psa 36:72Sa 12:8Eph 2:7Eph 3:19-20Num 16:13 What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD. 1Sa 16:7Jhn 21:17Psa 139:1Gen 18:19Heb 4:13Jhn 2:25Rev 2:23 For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant. Eph 3:11Psa 115:1Psa 138:21Co 1:1Eph 1:9Luk 12:32Deu 9:5Jos 23:14-15
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears. Psa 86:10Exo 15:11Psa 86:81Ch 16:25Mic 7:18Isa 45:5Deu 3:241Sa 2:2 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. 5 Deu 10:21Deu 9:26Deu 15:15Deu 33:29Neh 1:10Psa 111:9Psa 147:20Deu 4:32-38 For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. Deu 26:181Pe 2:10Gen 17:7Isa 12:2Jer 31:33Jhn 1:12Psa 48:141Ch 17:22
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised, Psa 119:49Ezk 36:37Gen 32:12Jer 11:4-5 so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You. 1Ch 17:23-24Mat 6:9Psa 72:18-191Ch 29:10-13Gen 17:18Jhn 12:28Psa 115:1Psa 89:36 For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You. 1Ch 17:25-26Psa 10:17Rut 4:41Sa 9:15Psa 40:6
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. Jhn 17:17Exo 34:6Num 23:19Tit 1:2 Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.” 1Ch 17:27Num 6:24-26Psa 115:12-152Sa 22:51