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1 Chronicles 17:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. "
1 Chronicles 17:14
Verse in Context
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He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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:
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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?
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1 Chronicles 17:1
"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."
1 Chronicles 17:2
"Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee."
1 Chronicles 17:3
"And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"
1 Chronicles 17:4
"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:"
1 Chronicles 17:5
"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."
1 Chronicles 17:6
"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?"
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