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1
Chronicles Chapter Seventeen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 17
This
chapter contains an account of David's intention to build an house for God
which
he signified to Nathan the prophet
who first encouraged him to it; but
afterwards was sent by the Lord to him with an order to desist from it
assuring
him
at the same time
that his son should build it
and that his own house and
kingdom should be established for ever; for which David expressed great
thankfulness
the whole of which is related in 2 Samuel 7:1 with
some little variation
see the notes there; only one thing has since occurred
which I would just take notice of
that here
1 Chronicles 17:5
as there also
it is said by the Lord
that he had "not dwelt in an house
since the day he brought up Israel out of Egypt"; which seems to suggest
that he had dwelt in one before
as has been hinted on 2 Samuel 7:6 even
while the people of Israel were in Egypt
though it is nowhere mentioned by
Moses
or any other writer; yet it is not unreasonable to suppose it; for as
the ancestors of the Israelites
Abraham
Isaac
and Jacob
when only
travellers from place to place
built altars for God wherever they came; so
their posterity
it is highly probable
not only did the same
but when they
found themselves settled in Egypt
in the land of Goshen
might build places of
worship; and when we consider the wealth of Joseph
and his family
and indeed
of all Israel
who enjoyed for many years great plenty
prosperity
and
liberty
before their servitude
the vast numbers they increased to and the
long continuance of them in Egypt
more than two hundred years; it will not
seem strange that they should build houses for religious worship
and even one
grand and splendid for public service
to which also they might be led by the
example of the Egyptians; who
as Herodotus saysF9
were the first
that erected altars
images
and temples to the gods
and who in the times of
Joseph had one at On
where his father-in-law officiated as priest
Genesis 41:45 or
rather to this they might be directed by some hints and instructions of their
father Jacob before his death
who it is certain had a notion of a Bethel
an
house for the public worship of God
Genesis 28:17 and I
find a learned manF11Dickinson. Physic. vet. & vera
c. 19.
sect. 24. of our own nation of this opinion
and which he founds upon this
passage; and he supposes the house God dwelt in
in Egypt
was not a tent of
goats' hair
as in the wilderness
but a structure of stones or bricks
a firm
and stable house
such an one as Abraham built at Damascus when settled there;
which continued to the times of Augustus Caesar
as related by Nicholas of
DamascusF12Apud. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 1. c. 7. sect. 2. . See 2 Samuel 7:1.cf13
(i) Euterpe
sive
l. 2. c. 4.
1 Chronicles
17:1 Now it came to
pass
when David was dwelling in his house
that David said to Nathan the
prophet
“See now
I dwell in a house of cedar
but the ark of the covenant of
the Lord
is under tent curtains.”
YLT
1And it cometh to pass as
David sat in his house
that David saith unto Nathan the prophet
`Lo
I am
dwelling in a house of cedars
and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [is]
under curtains;'
Verses 1-27
See
Chapter Introduction
1 Chronicles 17:2 2 Then Nathan said to David
“Do all that is in your heart
for God is with you.”
YLT
2and Nathan saith unto
David
`All that [is] in thy heart do
for God [is] with thee.'
1 Chronicles 17:3 3 But it happened that night
that the word of God came to Nathan
saying
YLT
3And it cometh to pass on
that night that a word of God is unto Nathan
saying
1 Chronicles 17:4 4 “Go and tell My servant
David
‘Thus says the Lord:
“You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.
YLT
4`Go
and thou hast said
unto David My servant
Thus said Jehovah
Thou dost not build for Me the house
to dwell in:
1 Chronicles 17:5 5 For I have not dwelt in a
house since the time that I brought up Israel
even to this day
but have gone
from tent to tent
and from one tabernacle to another.
YLT
5for I have not dwelt in a
house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day
and I am from tent
unto tent: and from the tabernacle
1 Chronicles 17:6 6 Wherever I have moved
about with all Israel
have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel
whom I commanded to shepherd My people
saying
‘Why have you not built Me a
house of cedar–’”’
YLT
6whithersoever I have walked
up and down among all Israel
a word spake I
with one of the judges of Israel
whom I commanded to feed My people
saying
Why have ye not built for Me a
house of cedars?
1 Chronicles 17:7 7 Now therefore
thus shall
you say to My servant David
‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I
took you from the sheepfold
from following the sheep
to be ruler over My
people Israel.
YLT
7`And now
thus dost thou
say to My servant
to David
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts
I have taken thee from
the habitation
from after the sheep
to be leader over My people Israel
1 Chronicles 17:8 8 And I have been with you
wherever you have gone
and have cut off all your enemies from before you
and
have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the
earth.
YLT
8and I am with thee
whithersoever thou hast walked
and I cut off all thine enemies from thy
presence
and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who
[are] in the earth.
1 Chronicles 17:9 9 Moreover I will appoint a
place for My people Israel
and will plant them
that they may dwell in a place
of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them
anymore
as previously
YLT
9`And I have prepared a
place for My people Israel
and planted it
and it hath dwelt in its place
and
is not troubled any more
and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out
as at first
1 Chronicles 17:10 10 since the time that I
commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all
your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the Lord will build you
a house.[a]
YLT
10yea
even from the days
that I appointed judges over My people Israel. `And I have humbled all thine
enemies
and I declare to thee that a house doth Jehovah build for thee
1 Chronicles 17:11 11 And it shall be
when your
days are fulfilled
when you must go to be with your fathers
that I
will set up your seed after you
who will be of your sons; and I will establish
his kingdom.
YLT
11and it hath come to pass
when thy days have been fulfilled to go with thy fathers
that I have raised up
thy seed after thee
who is of thy sons
and I have established his kingdom
1 Chronicles 17:12 12 He shall build Me a house
and I will establish his throne forever.
YLT
12he doth build for Me a
house
and I have established his throne unto the age;
1 Chronicles 17:13 13 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 who was before you.
YLT
13I am to him for a father
and he is to Me for a son
and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I
turned it aside from him who was before thee
1 Chronicles 17:14 14 And I will establish him
in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established
forever.”’”
YLT
14and I have established him
in My house
and in My kingdom unto the age
and his throne is established unto
the age.'
1 Chronicles 17:15 15 According to all these
words and according to all this vision
so Nathan spoke to David.
YLT
15According to all these
words
and according to all this vision
so spake Nathan unto David.
1 Chronicles 17:16 16 Then King David went in
and sat before the Lord;
and he said: “Who am I
O Lord God? And what is my
house
that You have brought me this far?
YLT
16And David the king cometh
in and sitteth before Jehovah
and saith
`Who [am] I
O Jehovah God
and what
my house
that Thou hast brought me hitherto?
1 Chronicles 17:17 17 And yet this was a
small thing in Your sight
O God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s
house for a great while to come
and have regarded me according to the rank of
a man of high degree
O Lord
God.
YLT
17And this is small in Thine
eyes
O God
and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off
and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high
O Jehovah God!
1 Chronicles 17:18 18 What more can David say
to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant.
YLT
18`What doth David add more
unto Thee for the honour of Thy servant; and Thou Thy servant hast known.
1 Chronicles 17:19 19 O Lord
for Your
servant’s sake
and according to Your own heart
You have done all this
greatness
in making known all these great things.
YLT
19O Jehovah
for Thy
servant's sake
and according to Thine own heart Thou hast done all this
greatness
to make known all these great things.
1 Chronicles 17:20 20 O Lord
there is
none like You
nor is there any God besides You
according to all that
we have heard with our ears.
YLT
20O Jehovah
there is none
like Thee
and there is no god save Thee
according to all that we have heard
with our ears.
1 Chronicles 17:21 21 And who is like
Your people Israel
the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for
Himself as a people—to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome
deeds
by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from
Egypt?
YLT
21`And who [is] as Thy people
Israel
one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a
people
to make for Thee a name great and fearful
to cast out from the
presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt -- nations?
1 Chronicles 17:22 22 For You have made Your
people Israel Your very own people forever; and You
Lord
have become
their God.
YLT
22Yea
Thou dost appoint Thy
people Israel to Thee for a people unto the age
and Thou
O Jehovah
hast been
to them for God.
1 Chronicles 17:23 23 “And now
O Lord
the word
which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house
let
it be established forever
and do as You have said.
YLT
23`And now
O Jehovah
the
word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant
and concerning his house
let be stedfast unto the age
and do as Thou hast spoken;
1 Chronicles 17:24 24 So let it be established
that Your name may be magnified forever
saying
‘The Lord of hosts
the
God of Israel
is Israel’s God.’ And let the house of Your servant David
be established before You.
YLT
24and let it be stedfast
and
Thy name is great unto the age
saying
Jehovah of Hosts
God of Israel
is God
to Israel
and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee;
1 Chronicles 17:25 25 For You
O my God
have
revealed to Your servant that You will build him a house. Therefore Your
servant has found it in his heart to pray before You.
YLT
25for Thou
O my God
Thou
hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant -- to build to him a house
therefore
hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee.
1 Chronicles 17:26 26 And now
Lord
You are God
and have promised this goodness to Your servant.
YLT
26`And now
Jehovah
Thou
[art] God Himself
and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness;
1 Chronicles 17:27 27 Now You have been pleased
to bless the house of Your servant
that it may continue before You forever;
for You have blessed it
O Lord
and it shall be
blessed forever.”
YLT
27and now
Thou hast been
pleased to bless the house of Thy servant
to be to the age before Thee; for
Thou
O Jehovah
hast blessed
and it is blessed to the age.'
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)