1 Chronicles 17:7-14 ▼

7 |Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: |I took you from the pasture myself—from tending sheep—to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel.

8 |'|Furthermore, I have remained with you everywhere you have gone, annihilating all your enemies right in front of you. I will make your reputation great, like the reputation of the great ones who have lived on earth.

9 I will establish a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people will not oppress them as happened in the past,

10 during the time I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you deliverance from all your enemies. |'|I'm also announcing to you that the LORD also will himself build a house for you.

11 It will come about that when your life is complete and you go to join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who is related to one of your sons, and I will fortify his kingdom.

12 He will build a temple dedicated to me, and I will make his throne last forever.

13 I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.

14 I will confirm him in my Temple and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will remain secure forever.|'|