{"id":"1CH.17.1","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":1,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:1","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.2","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":2,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:2","text":"Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee."}
{"id":"1CH.17.3","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":3,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:3","text":"¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"}
{"id":"1CH.17.4","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":4,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:4","text":"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:"}
{"id":"1CH.17.5","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":5,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:5","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.6","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":6,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:6","text":"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?"}
{"id":"1CH.17.7","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":7,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:7","text":"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:"}
{"id":"1CH.17.8","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":8,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:8","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.9","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":9,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:9","text":"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,"}
{"id":"1CH.17.10","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":10,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:10","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.11","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":11,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:11","text":"¶ 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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.12","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":12,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:12","text":"He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever."}
{"id":"1CH.17.13","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":13,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:13","text":"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:"}
{"id":"1CH.17.14","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":14,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:14","text":"But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore."}
{"id":"1CH.17.15","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":15,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:15","text":"According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David."}
{"id":"1CH.17.16","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":16,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:16","text":"¶ 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?"}
{"id":"1CH.17.17","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":17,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:17","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.18","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":18,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:18","text":"What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant."}
{"id":"1CH.17.19","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":19,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:19","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.20","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":20,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:20","text":"O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."}
{"id":"1CH.17.21","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":21,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:21","text":"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?"}
{"id":"1CH.17.22","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":22,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:22","text":"For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God."}
{"id":"1CH.17.23","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":23,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:23","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.24","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":24,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:24","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.25","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":25,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:25","text":"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."}
{"id":"1CH.17.26","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":26,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:26","text":"And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:"}
{"id":"1CH.17.27","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1CH","book":"1 Chronicles","chapter":17,"verse":27,"reference":"1 Chronicles 17:27","text":"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."}