1 Chronicles 17:7-14 ▼

7 So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the LORD who commands armies says: |I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. |'|I declare to you that the LORD will build a dynastic house for you!

11 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

12 He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.

14 I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.|'|