1 Chronicles 17:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

David Praises God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said:“Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

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  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  • 2 Sam 7:18 : 18 David Offers a Prayer to God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said,“Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?
  • 2 Kgs 19:14 : 14 Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
  • Acts 26:22 : 22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:
  • 2 Cor 1:10 : 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Gen 48:15-16 : 15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, 16 the Angel who has protected me from all harm– bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
  • Judg 6:15 : 15 Gideon said to him,“But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.”
  • 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying,“Up to here the LORD has helped us.”
  • 1 Sam 9:21 : 21 Saul replied,“Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel’s tribes, and is not my family clan the smallest of all the clans in the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me in this way?”

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  • 2 Sam 7:17-21
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    96%

    17Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

    18David Offers a Prayer to God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said,“Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

    19And you didn’t stop there, O LORD God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Sovereign LORD?

    20What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign LORD!

    21For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

  • 1 Chr 17:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O LORD God.

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

    19O LORD, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    81%

    1God Makes a Promise to David When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet,“Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under a tent.”

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    80%

    15Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

  • 1 Chr 17:3-7
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    78%

    3That night God told Nathan,

    4“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live.

    5For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

    6Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

    7“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    77%

    5“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

  • 1 Chr 17:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.

    26Now, O LORD, you are the true God; you have made this good promise to your servant.

  • 2 Sam 7:25-27
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    76%

    25So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,

    26so you may gain lasting fame, as people say,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is God over Israel!’ The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you,

    27for you, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, have told your servant,‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    76%

    1David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    76%

    2King David rose to his feet and said:“Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    76%

    7David said to Solomon:“My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.

  • 2 Chr 6:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Now, O LORD God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.

    18“God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    75%

    17When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the LORD,“Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep– what have they done? Attack me and my family.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-28
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    75%

    27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”

    28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    75%

    7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

    27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    75%

    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 2 Sam 7:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David The king settled into his palace, for the LORD gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.

    2The king said to Nathan the prophet,“Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

    18The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
    74%

    15He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
    74%

    17David said to God,“Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep– what have they done? O LORD my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!”

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
    74%

    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    74%

    23So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

    8The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

  • 1 Sam 18:18
    74%

    18David said to Saul,“Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
    74%

    24Nathan said,“My master, O king, did you announce,‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    73%

    10David Praises the Lord David praised the LORD before the entire assembly:“O LORD God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

  • 1 Chr 29:20
    73%

    20David told the entire assembly:“Praise the LORD your God!” So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.

  • 1 Kgs 3:7
    73%

    7Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
    73%

    12David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    73%

    10The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel