📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 17:15
What does 1 Chronicles 17:15 mean?
"According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David."
— 1 Chronicles 17:15 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.”’”
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the standard of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.
Explanation
First Chronicles 17:15 comes at the close of one of the most important episodes in David's reign, and though it is a short, simple sentence, it carries real weight. In plain language, it tells us that the prophet Nathan reported to King David everything God had shown him — no more, no less. Nathan had received a message from the Lord during the night, and the verse assures the reader that when Nathan spoke to David the next day, he faithfully conveyed the entire revelation exactly as he had received
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