1 Chronicles 17:10

Translations

Modern

…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…and since the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. And I declare to you that YHWH will build a house for you.

Latin

…ex diebus quibus dedi judices populo meo Israël, et humiliavi universos inimicos tuos. Annuntio ergo tibi, quod ædificaturus sit tibi Dominus domum.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover , I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.

Notes

1 Chronicles 17:10–14

David wanted to build a temple for the Lord. Instead, the Lord promised to build a dynasty for David. Creating David's eternal dynasty was key to God's plan to establish his rule on earth.

1 Chronicles 17:1–15

David wanted to build a home for the ark as grand as his palace, but the Lord chose David’s heir, Solomon (1 Chronicles 22), to build the temple. Jerusalem was to be the only place of worship for all Israel.

1 Chronicles 17:1–27

The larger section (1 Chronicles 13:1–17:27) ends with Nathan's prophecy about David and David's prayer of thanks.

Theme notes and profiles

David God’s Promised Kingdom The Promise of Dynasty

Related verses

2 Samuel 7:11
…and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
Psalm 89:23
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
Psalm 18:40–50
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
Judges 2:14–18
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
1 Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
Exodus 1:21
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
Psalm 21:8–9
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
1 Samuel 13:19–20
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
Psalm 127:1
A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Judges 3:8
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
1 Samuel 13:5–6
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

Parallels

2 Samuel 7:1–17

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second David Genealogy Nathan

Topics

David: King of Israel: Prophecies Concerning Him and his Kingdom Nathan: A Prophet in the Time of David: His Message to David Concerning the Building of a Temple

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