17:1 Now
when
David
lived
in
his
house,
David
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet,
"Behold,
I
dwell
in
a
house
of
cedar,
but
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
is
under
a
tent."
17:2 And
Nathan
said
to
David,
"Do
all
that
is
in
your
heart,
for
God
is
with
you."
17:3 But
that
same
night
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Nathan,
17:4 "Go
and
tell
my
servant
David,
'Thus
says
the
LORD:
It
is
not
you
who
will
build
me
a
house
to
dwell
in.
17:5 For
I
have
not
lived
in
a
house
since
the
day
I
brought
up
Israel
to
this
day,
but
I
have
gone
from
tent
to
tent
and
from
dwelling
to
dwelling.
17:6 In
all
places
where
I
have
moved
with
all
Israel,
did
I
speak
a
word
with
any
of
the
judges
of
Israel,
whom
I
commanded
to
shepherd
my
people,
saying,
"Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
house
of
cedar"'
17:7 Now,
therefore,
thus
shall
you
say
to
my
servant
David,
'Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
I
took
you
from
the
pasture,
from
following
the
sheep,
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel,
17:8 and
I
have
been
with
you
wherever
you
have
gone
and
have
cut
off
all
your
enemies
from
before
you.
And
I
will
make
for
you
a
name,
like
the
name
of
the
great
ones
of
the
earth.
17:9 And
I
will
appoint
a
place
for
my
people
Israel
and
will
plant
them,
that
they
may
dwell
in
their
own
place
and
be
disturbed
no
more.
And
violent
men
shall
waste
them
no
more,
as
formerly,
17:10 from
the
time
that
I
appointed
judges
over
my
people
Israel.
And
I
will
subdue
all
your
enemies.
Moreover,
I
declare
to
you
that
the
LORD
will
build
you
a
house.
17:11 When
your
days
are
fulfilled
to
walk
with
your
fathers,
I
will
raise
up
your
offspring
after
you,
one
of
your
own
sons,
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
17:12 He
shall
build
a
house
for
me,
and
I
will
establish
his
throne
forever.
17:13 I
will
be
to
him
a
father,
and
he
shall
be
to
me
a
son.
I
will
not
take
my
steadfast
love
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
him
who
was
before
you,
17:14 but
I
will
confirm
him
in
my
house
and
in
my
kingdom
forever,
and
his
throne
shall
be
established
forever.'"
17:15 In
accordance
with
all
these
words,
and
in
accordance
with
all
this
vision,
Nathan
spoke
to
David.
17:16 Then
King
David
went
in
and
sat
before
the
LORD
and
said,
"Who
am
I,
O
LORD
God,
and
what
is
my
house,
that
you
have
brought
me
thus
far
17:17 And
this
was
a
small
thing
in
your
eyes,
O
God.
You
have
also
spoken
of
your
servant's
house
for
a
great
while
to
come,
and
have
shown
me
future
generations,
O
LORD
God!
17:18 And
what
more
can
David
say
to
you
for
honoring
your
servant
For
you
know
your
servant.
17:19 For
your
servant's
sake,
O
LORD,
and
according
to
your
own
heart,
you
have
done
all
this
greatness,
in
making
known
all
these
great
things.
17:20 There
is
none
like
you,
O
LORD,
and
there
is
no
God
besides
you,
according
to
all
that
we
have
heard
with
our
ears.
17:21 And
who
is
like
your
people
Israel,
the
one
nation
on
earth
whom
God
went
to
redeem
to
be
his
people,
making
for
yourself
a
name
for
great
and
awesome
things,
in
driving
out
nations
before
your
people
whom
you
redeemed
from
Egypt
17:22 And
you
made
your
people
Israel
to
be
your
people
forever,
and
you,
O
LORD,
became
their
God.
17:23 And
now,
O
LORD,
let
the
word
that
you
have
spoken
concerning
your
servant
and
concerning
his
house
be
established
forever,
and
do
as
you
have
spoken,
17:24 and
your
name
will
be
established
and
magnified
forever,
saying,
'The
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
is
Israel's
God,'
and
the
house
of
your
servant
David
will
be
established
before
you.
17:25 For
you,
my
God,
have
revealed
to
your
servant
that
you
will
build
a
house
for
him.
Therefore
your
servant
has
found
courage
to
pray
before
you.
17:26 And
now,
O
LORD,
you
are
God,
and
you
have
promised
this
good
thing
to
your
servant.
17:27 Now
you
have
been
pleased
to
bless
the
house
of
your
servant,
that
it
may
continue
forever
before
you,
for
it
is
you,
O
LORD,
who
have
blessed,
and
it
is
blessed
forever."