Much of this chapter can be found also in 2Samuel Chapter 7, with minor variations.

וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשַׁב דָּוִיד בְּבֵיתוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד אֶל־נָתָן הַנָּבִיא הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּבֵית הָאֲרָזִים וַאֲרוֹן   17:1

 בְּרִית־יְהוָה תַּחַת יְרִיעוֹת׃

1Chr. 17:1   And it was as David was dwelling in his house that David said to Nathan, the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedars while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.”

וַיֹּאמֶר נָתָן אֶל־דָּוִיד כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בִּלְבָבְךָ עֲשֵׂה כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים עִמָּךְ׃   17:2

1Chr. 17:2   And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

וַיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיְהִי דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִים אֶל־נָתָן לֵאמֹר׃   17:3

1Chr. 17:3   And it was in that night that a word of God occurred to Nathan saying,

לֵךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֶל־דָּוִיד עַבְדִּי כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה לֹא אַתָּה תִּבְנֶה־לִּי הַבַּיִת לָשָׁבֶת׃   17:4

1Chr. 17:4   “Go, and you shall say to David, My servant, ‘Thus says the Lord:  ‘You will not build the house for Me to dwell.’”

כִּי לֹא יָשַׁבְתִּי בְּבַיִת מִן־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלֵיתִי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וָאֶהְיֶה מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל   17:5

 וּמִמִּשְׁכָּן׃

1Chr. 17:5   “For I have not dwelled in a house from the day that I brought Israel up until this day, but have been from tent to tent, or from Tabernacle.”

בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲדָבָר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶת־אַחַד שֹׁפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי לִרְעוֹת   17:6

 אֶת־עַמִּי לֵאמֹר לָמָּה לֹא־בְנִיתֶם לִי בֵּית אֲרָזִים׃

1Chr. 17:6   “Everywhere I have walked about with all of Israel did I speak the word with each of the judges of Israel whom I had commanded to tend My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built a house of cedar for Me?”

וְעַתָּה כֹּה־תֹאמַר לְעַבְדִּי לְדָוִיד כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֲנִי לְקַחְתִּיךָ מִן־הַנָּוֶה מִן־אַחֲרֵי הַצֹּאן   17:7

  לִהְיֹות נָגִיד עַל עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

1Chr. 17:7   “So now you shall say thus to My servant, to David:  ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:  ‘I took you from the pasture from following the sheep, to be a prince over My people, Israel,

וָאֶהְיֶה עִמְּךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר הָלַכְתָּ וָאַכְרִית אֶת־כָּל־אוֹיְבֶיךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ וְעָשִׂיתִי לְךָ שֵׁם כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדוֹלִים אֲשֶׁר   17:8

בָּאָרֶץ׃

1Chr. 17:8   and I have been with you everywhere that you have gone, and have cut down all your enemies from before you, and I will make a name for you like the name of the greatest ones who are on the earth.’

וְשַׂמְתִּי מָקוֹם לְעַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּנְטַעְתִּיהוּ וְשָׁכַן תַּחְתָּיו וְלֹא יִרְגַּז עוֹד וְלֹא־יוֹסִיפוּ בְנֵי־עַוְלָה לְבַלֹּתוֹ   17:9

  כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה׃

1Chr. 17:9   ‘And I will make a place for My people, Israel, and plant it that it can dwell in its place and not be disquieted again and the children of evil will not continue to wear it out as at first

וּלְמִיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי שֹׁפְטִים עַל־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִכְנַעְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אוֹיְבֶיךָ וָאַגִּד לָךְ וּבַיִת יִבְנֶה־לְּךָ   17:10

יְהוָה׃

1Chr. 17:10   and during the days when I commanded judges over My people, Israel, as I will subdue all your enemies.  And I declare to you that the Lord will build a house for you.’

וְהָיָה כִּי־מָלְאוּ יָמֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת עִם־אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַהֲקִימוֹתִי אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה מִבָּנֶיךָ וַהֲכִינוֹתִי   17:11

 אֶת־מַלְכוּתוֹ׃

1Chr. 17:11   ‘And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, to go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who will be from your sons, and I will make his kingdom firm,

הוּא יִבְנֶה־לִּי בָּיִת וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶת־כִּסְאוֹ עַד־עוֹלָם׃   17:12

1Chr. 17:12   so he can build a house for Me, as I will establish his throne forever.’

See my remarks concerning this prophecy at 2Sam. 7:13.

אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה־לּוֹ לְאָב וְהוּא יִהְיֶה־לִּי לְבֵן וְחַסְדִּי לֹא־אָסִיר מֵעִמּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר הֲסִירוֹתִי מֵאֲשֶׁר הָיָה לְפָנֶיךָ׃   17:13

1Chr. 17:13   ‘I shall be as a Father to him and he shall be as a son to Me, and I shall not remove My mercy from him as I had removed from he who was before you.’

וְהַעֲמַדְתִּיהוּ בְּבֵיתִי וּבְמַלְכוּתִי עַד־הָעוֹלָם וְכִסְאוֹ יִהְיֶה נָכוֹן עַד־עוֹלָם׃   17:14

1Chr. 17:14   ‘And I will make him stand firm in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’”

כְּכֹל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וּכְכֹל הֶחָזוֹן הַזֶּה כֵּן דִּבֶּר נָתָן אֶל־דָּוִיד׃   17:15

1Chr. 17:15   Then Nathan spoke according to all these words and according to all this vision to David.

וַיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִיד וַיֵּשֶׁב לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר מִי־אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים וּמִי בֵיתִי כִּי הֲבִיאֹתַנִי עַד־הֲלֹם׃   17:16

1Chr. 17:16   And the king -- David -- went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “Who am I, Lord, God, and who is of my house that You have brought me this far?”

וַתִּקְטַן זֹאת בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֱלֹהִים וַתְּדַבֵּר עַל־בֵּית־עַבְדְּךָ לְמֵרָחוֹק וּרְאִיתַנִי כְּתוֹר הָאָדָם הַמַּעֲלָה יְהוָה   17:17

 אֱלֹהִים׃

1Chr. 17:17   “While this is so insignificant in Your eyes, God, yet You speak about the house of Your servant being for a long time, so You must regard me according to the manner of an exceptional man, O Lord, God.”

מַה־יּוֹסִיף עוֹד דָּוִיד אֵלֶיךָ לְכָבוֹד אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ וְאַתָּה אֶת־עַבְדְּךָ יָדָעְתָּ׃   17:18

1Chr. 17:18   “What more can David yet add to You for honoring Your servant, as You know Your servant.”

יְהוָה בַּעֲבוּר עַבְדְּךָ וּכְלִבְּךָ עָשִׂיתָ אֵת כָּל־הַגְּדוּלָּה הַזֹּאת לְהֹדִיעַ אֶת־כָּל־הַגְּדֻלּוֹת׃   17:19

1Chr. 17:19   “Lord, for the sake of Your servant, and according to Your ‘heart,’ You have produced all this greatness, declaring all such great things.”

יְהוָה אֵין כָּמוֹךָ וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתֶךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְנוּ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ׃   17:20

1Chr. 17:20   “Lord, there is none like You and there is no god beside You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.”

וּמִי כְּעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים לִפְדּוֹת לוֹ עָם לָשׂוּם לְךָ שֵׁם גְּדֻלּוֹת   17:21

  וְנֹרָאוֹת לְגָרֵשׁ מִפְּנֵי עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִיתָ מִמִּצְרַיִם גּוֹיִם׃

1Chr. 17:21   “And who is like Your people, Israel, a nation unique on the earth, whose God came to redeem a people for Himself, to make for Yourself a name of great and awesome acts to drive out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt?”

וַתִּתֵּן אֶת־עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְךָ לְעָם עַד־עֹולָם וְאַתָּה יְהוָה הָיִיתָ לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים׃   17:22

1Chr. 17:22   “And You consecrated Your people, Israel, for Yourself as a people forever, and You, Lord, are as God for them.”

וַתִּתֵּן אֶת־עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְךָ לְעָם עַד־עֹולָם וְאַתָּה יְהוָה הָיִיתָ לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים׃   17:23

1Chr. 17:23   “And now, Lord, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and let be done as You have spoken,

וְיֵאָמֵן וְיִגְדַּל שִׁמְךָ עַד־עוֹלָם לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵית־דָּוִיד עַבְדְּךָ   17:24

 נָכוֹן לְפָנֶיךָ׃

1Chr. 17:24   so it is confirmed that Your name is magnified forever, it being said, ‘The Lord of hosts, God of Israel, is Israel's God,’ and the house of David, Your servant, is established before You.”

כִּי אַתָּה אֱלֹהַי גָּלִיתָ אֶת־אֹזֶן עַבְדְּךָ לִבְנוֹת לוֹ בָּיִת עַל־כֵּן מָצָא עַבְדְּךָ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל לְפָנֶיךָ׃   17:25

1Chr. 17:25   “For You, my God, has opened the ear of Your servant to be building his house.  Therefore Your servant has attained to pray before You.”

וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אַתָּה־הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים וַתְּדַבֵּר עַל־עַבְדְּךָ הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּאת׃   17:26

1Chr. 17:26   “So now, Lord, You are He Who is God, and You have spoken this good thing concerning Your servant.”

וְעַתָּה הוֹאַלְתָּ לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־בֵּית עַבְדְּךָ לִהְיוֹת לְעוֹלָם לְפָנֶיךָ כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה בֵּרַכְתָּ וּמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם׃   17:27

1Chr. 17:27   “And now You are pleased to bless the house of Your servant to be forever before You.  When You bless, Lord, then the blessing is everlasting.”

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