1 Chronicles 17:26 — Meaning and Application

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“And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:”

1 Chronicles 17:26

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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.

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. {hast...: Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant}

And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

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. {let...: or, it hath pleased thee}

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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}. {have gone: Heb. have been}"

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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