# 1 Chronicles 17 ## 1 Chronicles 17:1 - [KJV] Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD *remaineth* under curtains. - [ASV] And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah *dwelleth* under curtains. - [YLT] And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, 'Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah *is* under curtains;' ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:1 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:2 - [KJV] Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that *is* in thine heart; for God *is* with thee. - [ASV] And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee. - [YLT] and Nathan saith unto David, 'All that *is* in thy heart do, for God *is* with thee.' ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:2 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:3 - [KJV] And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, - [ASV] And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, - [YLT] And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:3 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:4 - [KJV] Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: - [ASV] Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: - [YLT] 'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in: ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:4 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:5 - [KJV] For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from *one* tabernacle *to another*. - [ASV] for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from *one* tabernacle *to another*. - [YLT] for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:5 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:6 - [KJV] Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? - [ASV] In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar? - [YLT] whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars? ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:6 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:7 - [KJV] Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, *even* from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: - [ASV] Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel: - [YLT] 'And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:7 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:8 - [KJV] And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that *are* in the earth. - [ASV] and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. - [YLT] and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who *are* in the earth. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:8 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:9 - [KJV] Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, - [ASV] And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, - [YLT] 'And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it hath dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:9 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:10 - [KJV] And since the time that I commanded judges *to be* over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. - [ASV] and *as* from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house. - [YLT] yea, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. 'And I have humbled all thine enemies, and I declare to thee that a house doth Jehovah build for thee, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:10 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:11 - [KJV] And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go *to be* with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. - [ASV] 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, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. - [YLT] and it hath come to pass, when thy days have been fulfilled to go with thy fathers, that I have raised up thy seed after thee, who is of thy sons, and I have established his kingdom, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:11 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:12 - [KJV] He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. - [ASV] He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. - [YLT] he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age; ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:12 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:13 - [KJV] I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took *it* from *him* that was before thee: - [ASV] I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee; - [YLT] I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before thee, ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:13 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:14 - [KJV] But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. - [ASV] but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever. - [YLT] and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the age, and his throne is established unto the age.' ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:14 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:15 - [KJV] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. - [ASV] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. - [YLT] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:15 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:16 - [KJV] And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who *am* I, O LORD God, and what *is* mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? - [ASV] Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? - [YLT] And David the king cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, 'Who *am* I, O Jehovah God, and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:16 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:17 - [KJV] And *yet* this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast *also* spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. - [ASV] And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God. - [YLT] And this is small in Thine eyes, O God, and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off, and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O Jehovah God! ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:17 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:18 - [KJV] What can David *speak* more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. - [ASV] What can David *say* yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. - [YLT] 'What doth David add more unto Thee for the honour of Thy servant; and Thou Thy servant hast known. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:18 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:19 - [KJV] O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all *these* great things. - [ASV] O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all *these* great things. - [YLT] O Jehovah, for Thy servant's sake, and according to Thine own heart Thou hast done all this greatness, to make known all these great things. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:19 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:20 - [KJV] O LORD, *there is* none like thee, neither *is there any* God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. - [ASV] O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. - [YLT] O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:20 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:21 - [KJV] And what one nation in the earth *is* like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem *to be* his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? - [ASV] And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt? - [YLT] 'And who *is* as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt -- nations? ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:21 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:22 - [KJV] For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. - [ASV] For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. - [YLT] Yea, Thou dost appoint Thy people Israel to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, O Jehovah, hast been to them for God. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:22 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:23 - [KJV] Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. - [ASV] And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. - [YLT] 'And now, O Jehovah, the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, let be stedfast unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken; ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:23 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:24 - [KJV] Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts *is* the God of Israel, *even* a God to Israel: and *let* the house of David thy servant *be* established before thee. - [ASV] And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee. - [YLT] and let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee; ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:24 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:25 - [KJV] For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found *in his heart* to pray before thee. - [ASV] For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found *in his heart* to pray before thee. - [YLT] for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant -- to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee. ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:25 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:26 - [KJV] And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: - [ASV] And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: - [YLT] 'And now, Jehovah, Thou *art* God Himself, and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness; ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:26 - ## 1 Chronicles 17:27 - [KJV] Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and *it shall be* blessed for ever. - [ASV] and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever. - [YLT] and now, Thou hast been pleased to bless the house of Thy servant, to be to the age before Thee; for Thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed to the age.' ### Notes on 1 Chronicles 17:27 -