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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Chronicles 17 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_chronicles/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > 1 Chronicles 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/16.htm" title="1 Chronicles 16">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 17 <a href="../1_chronicles/18.htm" title="1 Chronicles 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch13017" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn13017" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">The Oracle of Nathan.</span> <span id="v13017001" class="ver">1</span><a id="ren13017001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017001-a">a</a> After David had taken up residence in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, “See, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is under tentcloth.”<a id="ren13017001-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017001-b">b</a> <span id="v13017002" class="ver">2</span>Nathan replied to David, “Whatever is in your heart, go and do, for God is with you.”</p> <p><span id="v13017003" class="ver">3</span>But that same night the word of God came to Nathan: <span id="v13017004" class="ver">4</span>Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>: It is not you who are to build the house for me to dwell in.<a id="ren13017004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017004-c">c</a> <span id="v13017005" class="ver">5</span>For I have never dwelt in a house, from the day I brought Israel up, even to this day, but I have been lodging in tent or tabernacle. <span id="v13017006" class="ver">6</span>As long as I have wandered about with all Israel, did I ever say a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? <span id="v13017007" class="ver">7</span>Now then, speak thus to my servant David, Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to become ruler over my people Israel.<a id="ren13017007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017007-d">d</a> <span id="v13017008" class="ver">8</span>I was with you wherever you went, and I cut down all your enemies before you. I will make your name like that of the greatest on the earth. <span id="v13017009" class="ver">9</span>I will assign a place for my people Israel and I will plant them in it to dwell there; they will never again be disturbed, nor shall the wicked ever again oppress them, as they did at the beginning, <span id="v13017010" class="ver">10</span>and during all the time when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will build you a house: <span id="v13017011" class="ver">11</span>when your days have been completed and you must join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you who will be one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.<a id="ren13017011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017011-e">e</a> <span id="v13017012" class="ver">12</span>He it is who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.<a id="ren13017012-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017012-f">f</a> <span id="v13017013" class="ver">13</span>I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me, and I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from the one who was before you;<a id="ren13017013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017013-g">g</a> <span id="v13017014" class="ver">14</span>but I will maintain him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be firmly established forever.</p> <p><span id="v13017015" class="ver">15</span>In accordance with all these words and this whole vision Nathan spoke to David.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">David’s Thanksgiving.</span> <span id="v13017016" class="ver">16</span>Then King David came in and sat in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s presence, and said: “Who am I, <span class="tetr">Lord</span> God, and what is my house, that you should have brought me so far? <span id="v13017017" class="ver">17</span>And yet, even this is too little in your sight, O God! For you have made a promise regarding your servant’s house reaching into the future, and you have looked on me as henceforth the most notable of men, <span class="tetr">Lord</span> God.<a id="ren13017017-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017017-h">h</a> <span id="v13017018" class="ver">18</span>What more can David say to you? You have known<a id="rfn13017018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn13017018-1">*</a> your servant. <span id="v13017019" class="ver">19</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, for your servant’s sake and in keeping with your purpose, you have done this great thing. <span id="v13017020" class="ver">20</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, there is no one like you, no God but you, just as we have always heard.<a id="ren13017020-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017020-i">i</a></p> <p><span id="v13017021" class="ver">21</span>“Is there, like your people Israel, whom you redeemed from Egypt, another nation on earth whom a god went to redeem as his people? You won for yourself a name for great and awesome deeds by driving out the nations before your people.<a id="ren13017021-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017021-j">j</a> <span id="v13017022" class="ver">22</span>You made your people Israel your own forever, and you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, became their God. <span id="v13017023" class="ver">23</span>Now, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, may the promise that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house remain firm forever. Bring about what you have promised, <span id="v13017024" class="ver">24</span>that your name, <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts, God of Israel, may be great and abide forever, while the house of your servant is established in your presence.</p> <p><span id="v13017025" class="ver">25</span>“Because you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house, your servant dares to pray before you.<a id="ren13017025-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017025-k">k</a> <span id="v13017026" class="ver">26</span>Since you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, are truly God and have made this generous promise to your servant, <span id="v13017027" class="ver">27</span>do, then, bless the house of your servant, that it may be in your presence forever—since it is you, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, who blessed it, it is blessed forever.”<a id="ren13017027-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en13017027-l">l</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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