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1 Chronicles 17:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first, "

1 Chronicles 17:9

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7 “Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, ‘The LORD of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel.

8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.

9 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. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first,

10 and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

11 It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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Related Verses

2 Samuel 7:10

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"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. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,"

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Baruch 2:35

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"And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they will be my people. I will no more remove my people Israel out of the land that I have given them.”"

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1 Kings 9:7

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"then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples."

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Jeremiah 24:6

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"For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up."

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1 Kings 6:13

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"I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”"

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Ezekiel 36:14-15

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"therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any more,” says the Lord GOD."

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From This Chapter

1 Chronicles 17:1

"When David was living in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a cedar house, but the ark of the LORD’s covenant is in a tent.”"

1 Chronicles 17:2

"Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”"

1 Chronicles 17:3

"That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"

1 Chronicles 17:4

"“Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;"

1 Chronicles 17:5

"for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another."

1 Chronicles 17:6

"In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”’"

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