Verse 7
1 Chronicles 17:7
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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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:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֠/עַתָּה כֹּֽה תֹאמַ֞ר לְ/עַבְדִּ֣/י לְ/דָוִ֗יד כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲנִ֤י לְקַחְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ מִן הַ/נָּוֶ֔ה מִֽן אַחֲרֵ֖י הַ/צֹּ֑אן לִ/הְי֣וֹת נָגִ֔יד עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥/י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And now, thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel.
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Chapter 17 Context
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And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwe...
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And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God (Elohim) is with thee.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God (Elohim) came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
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for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone...
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In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel...
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7
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee fr...
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and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from befo...
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9
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their o...
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and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine...
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, tha...
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He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
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I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, a...
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but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established for...
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15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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16
Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God (Elohim),...
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17
And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God (Elohim); but thou hast spoken of thy servant’s hous...
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18
What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou kn...
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19
O Jehovah, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this grea...
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20
O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God (Elohim) besides thee, according to all...
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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God (Elohim) went to redeem unto hi...
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For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people forever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their Go...
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And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his ho...
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And let thy name be established and magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God (Elohim)...
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For thou, O my God (Elohim), hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefor...
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And now, O Jehovah, thou art God (Elohim), and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
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and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before...
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