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1Chronicls 17 1Chronicls 17:1 17 Th Davidic Covnant Outlin of Chaptr 17: Introduction vv. 1 2 David Wants to Build a Prmannt Structur for th Ark of th Covnant vv. 3 15 Th Davidic Covnant vv. 16 27 David s Prayr of Rspons to God Addum Charts, Short Doctrins a Maps: Introduction v. 1 Our Takaway from 1Chronicls 17:1 v. 1 Why Dosn t God Rquir David to Bring th Ark a th Tabrnacl Togthr? v. 4 Why Dosn t God Allow David to Build a Tmpl for Him? v. 5 What Dos it Man for an Omniprsnt God to Concntrat His Prsnc? v. 5 Domicils Occupid by th Lord v. 6 God Walks with His Popl v. 8 God is with David (a H is with Us) v. 10 God Subdus Our Enmis v. 11 Th Nar a Far Fulfillmnt of th Davidic Covnant v. 11 Th Davidic Covnant is Applid only to Jsus v. 14 Intrprtations of "I will stablish him [Him] in My Hous." v. 14 Progrssiv Rvlation a th Mssiah to Com v. 14 Ordr of Evnts v. 17 Commntators Intrprt 1Chronicls 17:17 v. 19 According to God's Thinking v. 21 Assaults on th Four Divin Institutions in th Unitd Stats v. 21 Th Uniqunss of Isral v. 21 A Quick Viw of Rdmption v. 21 Links to th Doctrin of Rdmption v. 23 Th Word Hous in 1Chronicls 17 v. 23 Covnant Thology v. 24 Scofild on th Titl th Lord of Hosts (Jhovah Sabaoth) v. 24 Titls: th God of Isral a th God to Isral v. 26 Lists of th Promiss of God v. 27 Th Suffrings of Christ a th Suffrings of Man v. 27 David Nvr Forgts this Promis of God Addum Addum Addum Th Inconsistncis of th Samul Txt a th Chronicls Txt What About th Accuracy of th Bibl? Txtual Criticism

1121 Th Book of Chronicls Addum Why Dos God Prsrv 2Samul 7 a 1Chronicls 17? Addum A Complt Translation of 1Chronicls 1 Addum A Complt Translation of 1Chronicls 17 a 2Samul 7 Addum Additional Rsourcs on th Davidic Covnant Doctrins Covrd Doctrins Alludd To Psalms Alludd To Chaptrs of th Bibl Appropriatly Exgtd with this Chaptr 2Sam. 7 Psalm 89 Dfinition of Trms Autograph Clint Nation Cycls of Disciplin Divin Dynasphr Edification Complx Structur Fifth Cycl of Disciplin An autograph is an xact copy of th original txt of any book of th Bibl. Clint-Nation, is a national ntity in which a crtain numbr of spiritually matur Christians (th salt of th arth) hav formd a pivot sufficint to sustain th nation a through which God spcifically protcts this nation so that blivrs can fulfill th divin maats of vanglism, communication a custodianship of Bibl doctrin, providing a havn for Jws, a sing missionaris abroad. Th Unitd Stats is a clint-nation to God. A clint nation must hav frdom: Frdom to sk God, frdom to us on s own volition a slf-dtrmination to succd or fail, frdom from anarchy a tyranny, frdom for vanglism, frdom for blivrs to har Bibl taching without govrnmnt intrfrnc a, thrfor, to grow spiritually, a frdom to s missionaris to othr nations. A national ntity which is a clint nation to God is ur both God s protction a His disciplin (much lik th iividual blivr). As a nation movs furthr a furthr from God, God may impos disciplinary masurs on that nation, which includ conomic disastr, illnss, civil unrst, military dfat, a vn invasion which may includ a slavry or disprsion of th popl. Ths cycls ar fou in Lv. 26. Although ths warnings ar dsig for Isral, all clint nations to God may fac similar downward historical trs. Th palac or th sphr in whr lis divin assts a privilgs that God has givn to ach Church ag blivr. Hnc divin dynasphr can b quatd to th PPOG, or prdstination notd in th Bibl. W build within our own souls a structur basd upon doctrin from th Word of God. This structur givs us th vry framwork from which our livs ar dfi, guidd a mad contnt. Mor info is fou hr (thr is a sco part to this lsson as wll): http://www.gracdoctrin.org/word/doctrins/edification%20complx%20of%20t h%20soul,%20part%201.htm Th fifth cycl of disciplin involvs complt loss of prsonal a national sovrignty, th dstruction of th family a th nation. Offrings to God ar unaccptabl. Nations which hav urgon this dstruction hav xprincd slavry, cannibalism, a th assimilation of its surviving citizns into othr culturs.

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1122 Hypostatic Union In th prson of Jsus Christ sinc His physical birth [incarnation], thr ar two naturs, uiminishd dity a tru humanity in on prson forvr. Ths two naturs human a divin rmain distinct a ar insparably unitd without mixtur or loss of idntity, without loss or transfr of attributs. This mans that th Lord Jsus Christ is just as much God as God th Fathr a God th Holy Spirit a at th sam tim H is also just as much human as you a I. H is uiminishd dity a tru humanity in on prson forvr. This union is known as th hypostatic union. Th two naturs of Christ maintain thir complt idntity whil bing joi in prsonal union forvr. Th charactristics of His human natur blong to th human part of Him; th charactristics of His divin natur blong to th God part of Him. Each natur has its own attributs that adhr to that natur. In othr words, thr is no mixtur of th two naturs. H is nvr half-god a half-man or half-man a half-god.. Progrssiv Rvlation Txtual Criticism Variant Rading God rvals bits a pics of trnal truth to man throughout tim. W may b mad awar of th Trinity in th first chaptr of Gnsis; howvr, w do not know all thr is to know about th Trinity in that first chaptr. Txtual criticism is th scinc of dtrmining which txt in th Bibl is most accurat, if thr ar 2 or mor diffrnt radings for th sam passag. Whn two ancint txts hav slightly diffrnt txt, th diffrncs ar calld variant radings. Som of ths trms wr coi by R. B. Thim Jr. during his 50+ yar ministry at Brachah Church. Som of ths dfinitions may hav bn takn from http://www.bibldoctrinchurch.org/?subpags/glossary.shtml http://www.bigrick.org/pubs/trms.pdf http://www.gbibl.org/_fils/pdf/doctrin_of_th_divin_dcr.pdf http://www.gbibl.org/ix.php?proc=d4d&sf=ra&did=28 http://www.raltim.nt/~wdoud/topics/chastismnt.html An Introduction to 1Chronicls I ntroduction: 1Chron. 17 is our third foray into th Davidic Covnant. W wr first introducd to it in 2Sam. 7. Thn w wnt to Psalm 89, which is far mor than a rptition of th Davidic Covnant. Portions of th Abrahamic a Palstinian Covnants cam into play. Furthrmor, Psalm 89 was dsig, in part, to b rad by Jws in all priods of tim, a thn to bliv in Jsus Christ as a rsult. Whn somthing is important, God rpats it. Whn I was first savd, I knw nxt to nothing about th Bibl (vn though I had attd many churchs of many prsuasions ovr th yars prior to my salvation). I rmmbr that on of th things that struck m wird was that thr wr 4 gospls. Why ar thr 4 historic accounts of th lif of Jsus Christ? Onc I bgan to larn som doctrin, it bcam vry clar that God mak crtain that th lif a crucifixion a rsurrction of Jsus Christ ar th most crtain historical vnts in all human history. If on puts all rligious a anti-rligious bias asid, a just xamins Jsus Christ from an historical approach, thr is no prson in history, say prior to thr 1600's, who is so wll documntd. Whn w xamin an historical vnt or st of vnts, it is important for us to hav an ywitnss sourc. If not an ywitnss (calld a primary sourc), thn a scoary sourc, somon who has spokn to an ywitnss. Two of th gospls (Matthw a John) ar ywitnss rports. Matthw a John wr both thr for most of th vnts which thy rcordd, a thir gospls ar so diffrnt, that this mphasizs just how diffrntly ywitnsss can obsrv th sam vnt (thy ar not contradictory; but thy ar diffrnt). Luk a Mark ar scoary sourcs; thy both talkd to popl who wr obsrvrs of th vnts of thir gospls. Luk usd othr documnts a prsonal intrviws a Mark got his information from Ptr.

1123 Th Book of Chronicls Th sco important thing whn it coms to an historical vnt (or sris of vnts) is, how far rmovd in tim ar copis of th rcording of th vnts from th vnts thmslvs? Most of th gospls appar to hav bn writtn dcads latr, which is, admittdly, somtim latr than w would lik thm to hav bn writtn, but, th writrs of th gospls wr not principally writrs. Matthw was a tax collctor, Ptr a John wr fishrmn, a Luk was a physician who latr bcam an historian. So non of ths mn wr th ki of mn who would gnrally writ down anything, xcpt for Luk. Th third considration is how far rmovd in tim ar our copis of th rcording of an vnt or vnts from th original manuscripts? Hr, th Bibl is had a shouldrs abov all othr historical documnts. Josh McDowll showd in his xcllnt book Evidnc that Dmas a Vrdict (a its many incarnations sinc thn) that w hav manuscripts closr in tim to whn thy wr writtn than any othr st of ancint historical documnts a that w hav mor manuscripts than can b fou for any othr historical or litrary documnt. Th rsarch which McDowll did is fou on many intrnt sits (including my own), a on good xampl is: a papr which compars th Bibl a th Quran: (http://www.dbat.org.uk/topics/history/bib-qur/bibmanu.htm), by Jay Smith. Th sco link lists th many ancint manuscripts from that gnral ra, how many w hav a how clos thy ar to th original manuscripts writtn by Matthw, Mark, Luk a John. th Th 4 rason for th importanc of th gospls is, th numbr of witnsss a thir agrmnt concrning th vnts thmslvs. What w hav ar 4 mn who agr in all of th ssntials about th Prson of Jsus Christ. This brings us to th Davidic Covnant, fou 3 tims in th Bibl, a rfrncd many tims bsids that (2Sam. 23:5 1Chron. 22:6 13 28:2 10 2Chron. 6:4 11, 14 17 7:17 18 13:5, 8 21:7 23:3 Isa. 9:6 Jr. 33:19 22 Luk 1:32 33 Acts 2:29 36). God is making crtain that all Jws (a som of us Gntils) know a ursta His promiss to David a that ths promiss ar going to sta till th of tim. This is also to stir up Jws. A Jw rad th Davidic Covnant (particularly in Psalm 89) a it should giv him or hr paus. H (or sh) rads ths promiss, a thy ar quit clar; a any normal prson ought to ask, Whr ar you, God? Whn will you fulfill ths promiss? Now, from th outst, I must admit, I do not s anothr rason for this additional quoting of th Davidic Covnant, apart from it mphasizing just how important this covnant is. Insofar as I can dtrmin, thr is not a dim s worth of diffrnc btwn 1Chron. 17 a 2Sam. 7. A haful of phrass will b lft out, a a word hr or 1 thr, in almost vry vrs, is diffrnt. I will not all of th diffrncs in th Hbrw xgsis. What is intrsting is, whn David rcivd this promis from God, thr was a grat dal of possibility bfor him. Although no dynasty of any sort had bn stablishd at this point in tim, th Davidic Covnant promisd David an trnal dynasty. So, this was first writtn down as David lookd off into th futur. Th writr of Chronicls is rcording this information somwhr btwn 500 400 B.C. At this point in tim, thr is no Davidic dynasty (although his lin is bing watchd). Th Jws hav just rtur from bing in xil (516 B.C.) a thr is no iication that any sort of a kingship was vry stablishd aftr this tim. Although th history of Isral during th intrtstamntal tims is limitd (prhaps th bst history w hav is Josphus rathr than th Apocrypha), non of it includs th rstablishmnt of th Davidic dynasty. Howvr, th writr of Chronicls (proprly, h is an ditor) sps mor tim daling with this promis mad to David vn during a tim priod whr no such dynasty vn xistd (vn mor so than did th writrs of Samul or Kings). Th ditor of Chronicls, thrfor, was looking forward to th Mssiah, th trnal King of Isral. In a prvious chaptr of Chronicls, I transfrrd many of th nots from its corrspoing Samul chaptr. Howvr, I hav not don that hr. So, although thr will b crtainly som ovrlap, almost non of th nots from 2Sam. 7 will b rproducd hr (nor will any of th txt of this xgtical study b rproducd in 2Sam. 7). I think I did bring 3 charts from 2Sam. 7 into this study. Bcaus 2Sam. 7 = 1Chron. 17 (somthing which occurs in svral chaptrs of Chronicls), I will provid a wordby-word comparison btwn th two chaptrs within th Hbrw xgsis. I will also lay out th narly litral 1 I also cam across a half a dozn minor rrors in th Hbrw xgsis, which I will vntually chang in 2Sam. 7 a rpost.

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1124 translations of both chaptrs sid-by-sid at th a discuss th inconsistncis of th two txts, th accuracy of th Bibl a a littl about Old Tstamnt txtual criticism at th of this study. Rturn to Chaptr Outlin Rturn to th Chart Ix David Wants to Build a Prmannt Structur for th Ark of th Covnant 2Samul 7:1 3 Slavishly litral: Modratly litral: A so h is in which rmai David in his hous; a so says David unto Nathan th propht, Bhold, I am rmaining in a hous of cdar a an Ark of a Covnant of Y howah urnath curtains. 1Chronicls 17:1 A it was in th plac whr David stayd, in his hous, whn [lit., a] David said to Nathan th propht, Listn, I stay in [this] hous of cdar but th Ark of th Covnant of Y howah [stays] urnath curtains. David, whil staying in his hom, said to Nathan th propht, Look, I am living in th hous of cdar whil th Ark of th Covnant of Jhovah rmains urnath curtains. Hr is how othrs hav translatd this vrs: Ancint txts: Not: I compar th Hbrw txt to English translations of th Latin, Syriac a Grk txts (using th Douay-Rhims translation; Gorg Lamsa s translation, a Sir Lanclot Charls L Brnton s translation, rspctivly). Whn thr ar srious disparitis btwn my translation a Brnton s, I look at th Grk txt of th Sptuagint (th LXX) to s if a substantiv diffrnc actually xists (a I rflct ths changs in th English rring of th Grk txt). I oftn updat ths txts with non-substantiv changs (.g., you for thou, tc.). Th Masortic txt is th Hbrw txt with all of th vowls (vowl points) insrtd (th original Hbrw txt lackd vowls). W tak th Masortic txt to b th txt closst to th original. Howvr, diffrncs btwn th Masortic txt a th Grk, Latin a Syriac ar worth noting a, onc in a grat whil, rprsnt a mor accurat txt possssd by thos ancint translators. Masortic Txt (Hbrw) Pshitta (Syriac) Sptuagint (Grk) Significant diffrncs: A so h is in which rmai David in his hous; a so says David unto Nathan th propht, Bhold, I am rmaining in a hous of cdar a an Ark of a Covnant of Y howah urnath curtains. Now it cam to pass whn David dwlt in his hous, David said to Nathan th propht, Bhold, I dwll in a hous which is covrd with th bams of cdars, but th ark of th covnant of th LORD is rsting in th midst of th tnt of hair of goats. A it cam to pass as David dwlt in his hous, that David said to Nathan th propht, Bhold, I dwll in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of th Lord is ur curtains of skins. A now it cam to pass is a rasonabl translation of th Hbrw a so h is. Both whn a as ar rasonabl translations of in which. Whn comparing ths txts, I look for anything which would suggst that th Grk translators had a diffrnt txt to work from than what w hav today. Thought-for-thought translations; paraphrass:

1125 Th Book of Chronicls CEV Soon aftr David movd into his nw palac, h said to Nathan th propht, "Look arou! I liv in a palac mad of cdar, but th sacrd chst is kpt in a tnt." Easy-to-Rad Vrsion Aftr David had movd into his hous, h said to Nathan th propht, Look, I am living in a hous mad of cdar wood, but th Box of th Agrmnt sits ur a tnt. {I want to build a tmpl for God.} Good Nws Bibl (TEV) King David was now living in his palac. On day h snt for th propht Nathan a said to him, "Hr I am living in a hous built of cdar, but th LORD's Covnant Box is kpt in a tnt!" Th Mssag Aftr th king had mad himslf at hom, h said to Nathan th propht, "Look at this: Hr I am comfortabl in a luxurious palac of cdar a th Chst of th Covnant of GOD sits ur a tnt." Nw Amrican Bibl Aftr David had takn up rsidnc in his hous, h said to Nathan th propht, "S, I am living in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of th LORD dwlls ur tntcloth." Nw Intrnational Radrs V David sttld down in his palac. Thn h spok to th propht Nathan. H said, "Hr I am, living in a palac that has bautiful cdar walls. But th ark of th covnant of th Lord is ur a tnt.". Nw Jrusalm Bibl It happ, onc David had sttld into his palac, that David said to th propht Nathan, 'Hr am I living in a cdar-wood palac, whil th ark of th covnant of Yahwh is ur awnings.' Nw Lif Bibl Now whn David livd in his hous, h said to Nathan th spcial prachr, "S, I am living in a hous of cdar wood. But th spcial box with th Law of th Lord is ur a tnt." Nw Living Translation Whn David was sttld in his palac, h summo Nathan th propht. "Look," David said, "I am living in a bautiful cdar palac,[a] but th Ark of th Lord's Covnant is out thr ur a tnt!" Rvisd English Bibl Onc David was stablishd in his palac, h said to Nathan th propht, Hr am living in a hom of cdar, whil th Ark of th Covnant of th LORD is housd in a tnt. Mostly litral rrings (with som occasional paraphrasing): Bibl in Basic English Complt Apostls Bibl God s Word HCSB JPS (Tanakh) NET Bibl Now whn David was living in his hous, h said to Nathan th propht, S, I am living in a hous of cdar-wood, but th ark of th Lord's agrmnt is ur th curtains of a tnt. A it cam to pass as David dwlt in his hous, that David said to Nathan th propht, Bhold, I dwll in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of th Lord is ur curtains of skins. Whn David was living in his hous, h said to th propht Nathan, "I'm living in a hous mad of cdar, whil th ark of th LORD'S promis is insid a tnt." Whn David had sttld into his palac, h said to Nathan th propht, "Look! I am living in a cdar hous whil th ark of th LORD's covnant is ur tnt curtains." Whn David sttld in his palac, David said to th propht Nathan, Hr I am dwlling in a hous of cdar, whil th Ark of th Covnant of th LORD is ur tnt-cloths God Maks a Promis to David Whn David had sttld into his palac [Hbrw, hous], h [Hbrw, David; Th pronoun "h" has bn usd in th translation hr to avoid rduancy in kping with contmporary English] said to Nathan th propht, "Look, I am living in a palac [Hbrw, hous] mad from cdar, whil th ark of th LORD's covnant is ur a tnt [Hbrw, tnt curtains]." Whn it coms to making an actual matrial chang to th txt, th NET Bibl is prtty good about iicating this. Sinc most of ths corrctions will b clar in th mor litral translations blow a within th Hbrw xgsis itslf, I will not continu to list vry NET Bibl footnot.

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1126 Litral, almost word-for-word, rrings: A Consrvativ Vrsion Updatd Emphasizd Bibl English Staard Vrsion LTHB Nw King Jams Vrsion A Voic in th Wildrnss Young s Updatd LT A it cam to pass, whn David dwlt in his hous, that David said to Nathan th propht, Lo, I dwll in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of LORD [dwlls] ur curtains. A it cam to pass, whn David had takn up his abod in his hous, that David said unto Nathan th propht, Look, I am dwlling in a hous of cdars, but, th ark of th covnant of Yahwh, is ur curtains. Now whn David livd in his hous, David said to Nathan th propht, "Bhold, I dwll in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of th LORD is ur a tnt." A it happ, as David sat in his hous, that David said to Nathan th propht, Bhold, I am living in a hous of cdars, a th ark of th covnant of Jhovah is ur curtains. Now it cam to pass, whn David was dwlling in his hous, that David said to Nathan th propht, "S now, I dwll in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of th LORD is ur tnt curtains." Now it cam to pass, whn David had bn dwlling in his hous, that David said to Nathan th propht, Bhold now, I am dwlling in a hous of cdar, but th ark of th covnant of Jhovah is ur curtains.. A it coms to pass as David sat in his hous, that David says unto Nathan th propht, Look, I am dwlling in a hous of cdars, a th ark of th covnant of Jhovah is ur curtains What is th gist of this vrs? David rcognizs all that God has don for him, a says to Nathan, I liv in a hous of cdar, but th Ark of God is insid a tnt. 1Chronicls 17:1a = 2Samul 7:1a Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs wa (or va) (åç) [pronouncd wah] a so, a thn, thn, a; so, that, yt, thrfor; bcaus wâw conscutiv BDB #253 hâyâh (äèéèä) [pronouncd haw-yaw] to b, is, was, ar; to bcom, to com into bing; to com to pass rd 3 prson masculin singular, Qal imprfct Strong's #1961 BDB #224 h b (áìà) [pronouncd b ] in, into, through; at, by, nar, on, upon; with, bfor, against; by mans of; among; within a prposition of proximity Strong s# non BDB #88 ãshr (àâéùæø) [pronouncd uh-sher] that, which, whn, who, whom rlativ pronoun Strong's #834 BDB #81 Th bêyth prposition a ãshr togthr man whr, whrvr, whrsovr; in th plac whr. 2Sam. 7:1 has, instad of b ãshr, th following: kîy (ëìäé) [pronouncd k] for, bcaus; that; whn xplanatory conjunction; prposition Strong's #3588 BDB #471 Th dark portions of th Hbrw xgsis is txt from th Samul manuscripts which is not fou in th Chronicls manuscripts.

1127 Th Book of Chronicls 1Chronicls 17:1a = 2Samul 7:1a Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs yâshab (éèùçá) [pronouncd yaw- B SHAH V] to rmain, to stay; to dwll, to liv, to inhabit; to sit rd 3 prson masculin singular, Qal prfct Strong's #3427 BDB #442 Dâvid (ãìèåäã); also Dâvîyd (ãìèåäéã) [pronouncd daw- VEED] blovd a is translitratd David masculin propr noun Strong s #1732 BDB #187 2Sam. 7:1 has th following instad: mlk (îæìæêó) [pronouncd MEH-lk] king, rulr, princ masculin singular noun with th dfinit articl Strong s #4428 BDB #572 h b (áìà) [pronouncd b ] in, into, at, by, nar, on, with, bfor, against, by mans of, among, within a prposition of proximity BDB #88 bayith (áìçéäú) [pronouncd BAH-yith] hous, rsidnc; houshold, habitation as wll as inward masculin singular noun rd with th 3 prson masculin singular suffix Strong's #1004 BDB #108 Translation: A it was in th plac whr David stayd, in his hous,... During David s tim as king, h had priod of tim whn thr was not much going on. David was sitting in his hous, a h bgan to look arou a think things ovr. This could hav occurrd vry soon aftr Hiram, th king of Tyr, built David a palac (which appars to hav occurrd first in tim). In fact, this is by far th most rasonabl approach to tak. W ar told in 1Chron. 14:1 that Hiram built a palac of cdar for David a David will say that h is living in a hous (palac) of cdar. Thrfor, that is no rason to assum a diffrnt historical ordr. 2Samul 7:1b is not in 1Chronicls Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs Th following is fou in 2Samul but not in 1Chronicls w (or v ) (åà or åì) [pronouncd wh] a, vn, thn; namly; whn; sinc, that; though simpl wâw conjunction BDB #251 YHWH (éäåä) [pronunciation is possibly yhoh-wah] translitratd variously as Jhovah, Yahwh, Y howah propr noun Strong s #3068 BDB #217 nûwach (ðåìçç) [pronouncd NOO-ahkh] to dposit, to st down; to caus to rst [to st down]; to lt rmain, to lav; to dpart from; to abaon; to prmit rd 3 prson masculin singular, Hiphil imprfct Strong s #5117 (a #3240) BDB #628 Th LXX has a lgitimat vrb hr, but on which has a slightly diffrnt English translation: to giv an inhritanc is th maning of th LXX vrb.

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1128 2Samul 7:1b is not in 1Chronicls Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs lâmd (ìà) [pronouncd l ] to, for, towards, in rgards to dirctional/rlational prposition with th 3 rd prson masculin singular suffix BDB #510 min (îäï) [pronouncd min] from, away from, out from, out of from, off, on account of prposition of sparation Strong's #4480 BDB #577 çâbîyb (ñèáäéá) b [pronouncd saw - B VEE V] arou, surrouing, circuit, rou about, ncircl advrb Strong s #5439 BDB #686 Th min prposition a çâbîyb man from rou about, from vry sid. min (îäï) [pronouncd min] from, away from, out from, out of from, off, on account of prposition of sparation Strong's #4480 BDB #577 kôl (ëìéì) [pronouncd kohl] with a plural noun, it is rrd all of, all; any of masculin singular construct with a masculin plural noun Strong s #3605 BDB #481 âyab (àèéçá) [pronouncd B aw-ya V] nmy, th on bing at nmity with you; nmity, hostility masculin plural, Qal activ participl; with th rd 3 prson masculin singular suffix Strong s #340 BDB #33 Translation: Non. W ar told in 2Sam. 7:1 that God had givn David rst on vry sid from his nmis. During our livs hr on arth, thr ar going to b priods of tim whn lif is asy a non-vntful. Application: Whn you hav som downtim, som tim to rlax, thn it is important to mak us of it. Th most important thing for th iividual blivr to do is to tak in doctrin whn his lif is running smoothly. This gts you prpard for th difficultis which will invitably com upon you. 2 You may wor why th writr of Chronicls lavs this out th NIV Study Bibl suggsts that David s wars would b covrd in 1Chron. 18 20, so that it would sm odd to spak of a cssation of hostilitis a thn follow this with a chaptr all about hostilitis. Th NIV Study Bibl suggsts that (1) th chroniclr lft this out bcaus thr would b chaptrs to follow which dal with war a (2) David did not hav any pac a rst until nar th of his lif (suggsting that this chaptr occurs aftr all of David's wars). Although I will grant that, possibly, th ditor of Chronicls did not want to includ this statmnt about David having rst from his nmis bcaus wars will b covrd in th chaptrs to com, this dos not man that 1Chron. 17 (or, 2Sam. 7, for that mattr) ar chronologically out of ordr. David did not fight nonstop wars for th first fw dcads a thn it all stoppd. Lik th nation Isral today, thr is a war vry now a again. David may hav facd mor wars than most, but that dos not man that h nvr njoyd a momnt's pac. Vry likly, thr wr months a somtims vn yars hr a thr whn David was not ngagd in a campaign somwhr. Howvr, what this dos suggst is, th rcords for Samul wr writtn down vry nar th tim that ths incidnts occurrd. Thr is a grat dal of dtail in 2Sam. 7, which suggsts that this history was rcordd soon aftr it occurrd. That David, a fw months latr, wnt to war against th Philistins, dos not ngat this priod of pac which h njoys. It only suggsts that th history of Samul was writtn down as it occurrd as opposd to bing rcordd at th of David's lif. 2 Th NIV Study Bibl; 1995 by Th Zorvan Corporation; p. 601 (footnot).

1129 Th Book of Chronicls 1Chronicls 17:1b = 2Samul 7:2a1a Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs wa (or va) (åç) [pronouncd wah] a so, a thn, thn, a; so, that, yt, thrfor wâw conscutiv BDB #253 âmar (àèîçø) [pronouncd aw-mahr] to say, to spak, to uttr; to say [to onslf], to think 2 prson masculin singular, Qal imprfct Strong s #559 BDB #55 Dâvid (ãìèåäã); also Dâvîyd (ãìèåäéã) [pronouncd daw- VEED] blovd a is translitratd David masculin propr noun Strong s #1732 BDB #187 2Sam. 7:1 has th following instad: mlk (îæìæêó) [pronouncd MEH-lk] king, rulr, princ masculin singular noun with th dfinit articl Strong s #4428 BDB #572 l (àæì) [pronouncd l] unto, in, into, toward, to, rgarding, against dirctional prposition (rspct or dfrnc may b implid) Strong's #413 BDB #39 Nâthân (ðèúèï) [pronouncd naw- THAWN] givn; on who is givn; translitratd Nathan masculin singular, propr noun Strong s #5416 BDB #681 nâbîy (ðèáäéà) [pronouncd b naw -VEE] spoksman, spakr, propht masculin plural noun with th dfinit articl Strong's #5030 BDB #611 Translation:...whn [lit., a] David said to Nathan th propht,... Thr ar som unusual particls hr. It is possibl that...in which...a... mans...during which...whn... In any cas, David has som downtim a notic how h is sping this downtim h is chatting with Nathan th propht. W do not know all that is going on hr, whthr David had calld for Nathan to com into th palac or whthr this was a Bibl class of sorts. Thr is nothing hr or in 2Sam. 7 whr David sms to spcifically call for Nathan, suggsting that Nathan may hav bn thr for awhil. This is Nathan s first apparanc in Scriptur (also, of cours, in 2Sam. 7:2). Vry littl is said about him, whr h cam from, how David knw h was a propht, whr h was living, how oftn h wnt a talkd to David. His position rlativ to David is assumd, not statd. W will s that David, th most powrful man in Isral, will rcogniz th authority of Nathan. At som futur tim, w will xamin Nathan in mor dtail. 1Chronicls 17:1c = 2Samul 7:2b Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs hinnêh (ääðìåä) [pronouncd hin-nay] lo, bhold, or mor frly, obsrv, look hr, look, listn, not, tak not; pay attntion, gt this, chck this out intrjction, dmonstrativ particl Strong s #2009 (a #518, 2006) BDB #243 2Samul has th following instad:

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1130 1Chronicls 17:1c = 2Samul 7:2b Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs râ âh (øèàèä) [pronouncd raw-awh] look, s, bhold, viw, s hr, listn up 2 prson masculin singular, Qal imprativ Strong's #7200 BDB #906 nâ (ðèà) [pronouncd naw] now; plas, I pray you, I rspctfully implor (ask, or rqust of) you, I urg you a primitiv particl of incitmnt a ntraty Strong's #4994 BDB #609 ânôkîy (àèðéëäé) [pronouncd awn-oh- KEE] I, m; (somtims a vrb is implid) st 1 prson singular prsonal pronoun Strong s #595 BDB #59 yâshab (éèùçá) [pronouncd yaw- B SHAH V] inhabiting, staying, rmaining, dwlling, sitting Qal activ participl Strong's #3427 BDB #442 h b (áìà) [pronouncd b ] in, into, at, by, nar, on, with, bfor, against, by mans of, among, within a prposition of proximity BDB #88 bayith (áìçéäú) [pronouncd BAH-yith] hous, rsidnc; houshold, habitation as wll as inward masculin singular construct Strong's #1004 BDB #108 rz (àæøææ) [pronouncd EH-rz] cdar masculin plural noun with th dfinit articl Strong s #730 BDB #72 2Sam. 7 lacks th dfinit articl, which is on lttr which would prcd cdar. Translation:... Listn, I stay in [this] hous of cdar... David is taking stock of his lif a his situation. H is gratly blssd. H had admird Jrusalm a Mount Zion sinc h was a young man. To him, it is on of th most bautiful placs that H has vr sn. Now, as King of Isral, on of th most powrful mn of his world, David looks arou a is apprciativ of whr h is in lif. H livs in a worful palac of cdar. Hiram, th King of Tyr, built this grat palac for David (1Chron. 14:1). Application: Our walth a possssions ar rlativ. Many of us liv in houss suprior to thos livd in by kings of ancint days. I hav a worful systm of ioor plumbing, rfrigratd food, a air coitioning. Although ancint man had a lot mor tchnology than w raliz, if David saw your hous a all that was in it, h would probably prfr it to his kingly palac (as would b tru of almost any ancint king). Although th siz of a king s palac may hav bn grat (I am unlar in this ara, bing only familiar with th rsidncs of rulrs ovr th past fw hurd yars), th grat convnincs which w njoy would hav mad David jalous. So, whn valuating your plac in this world, bar in mi, you can always fi somon who livs in a biggr a nicr hom a you can always fis somon who livs in a lssr hom. What God dos is provid us th innr ability to b contnt with what H has givn us. I know popl who hav houss which ar largr a mor xquisit than my own; howvr, I am vry happy with what God has givn m. I do not fl prssur or anxity or any ncssity to fi a nicr hom than th on in which I liv. Th nxt tim you bcom so concr about your possssions, raliz that, if you ar an Amrican, thn you liv bttr than 90 95% of th rst of th world. If you ar unhappy with whr you liv, thn your problm is a spiritual on rathr than an nvironmntal on. Application: Hav you vr word about ths hypr-nvironmntalists? That w liv in a country with clan watr a clan air is a grat blssing. In th past half-cntury, th Unitd Stats has com a long ways whn it coms to balancing normal growth with our nvironmnt. Howvr, thr ar som nvironmntalists out thr

1131 Th Book of Chronicls who ar xtrmly concr about thir nvironmnt a thy think that Amrica is sliding into som grat nvironmntal mss. Most of thir problm is, thy ar not contnt with what God has givn thm. This is why popl can liv in th gratst nvironmnt in th world in th gratst conomy in th world, a yt, b dissatisfid a thinking that our country is on th wrong track (whatvr that mans). Application: This dos not man that all nvironmntal concrns ar wrong, nor dos it man that th blivr ought not to b concr with his nvironmnt. Many blivrs lov to hunt a fish or sail or gardn or hik; a th grat cration which God has mad is a wor to bhold a njoy. Thrfor, prsrving aspcts of what God has givn us is a worful thing, a provids grat njoymnt for many of us. God told Adam to subdu th arth. God has givn us a grat many rsourcs, lik oil, a thr is not rason why w ought not us what God has givn us. As w build a xpa, w ought to tak thought to prsrvation of crtain aras as wll. It is all a balanc. Evn whn somon wants to gt away from it all a build a hous way out in th country; thy soon fi out that thr ar a grat many things in natur which thy do not lik swarms of inscts, poison oak a snaks. So th prson who puts up a hous out in th wild also will tam much of th wild in his immdiat vicinity. H may not dsir a lawn, but most popl will clar away th brush from arou th hous a cut down th high grasss a vn rmov a tr or two. It is all a balanc. Th problm is, whn you bcom obsssd with your nvironmnt, with th actions of othrs, a whn you bliv that your happinss is dirctly impactd by your nvironmnt. Whn you somhow bliv that your happinss is rlatd to drilling for oil in ANWR (Alaskan National Wildlif Rsrv) or not drilling for oil in ANWR, thn you hav a spiritual problm. W liv in th dvil s world a w will nvr b abl to fix th dvil s world. This dos not man that w compltly ignor th nvironmnt nor dos it man that w dvot most of our livs to saving th nvironmnt. Usually, thr is a rasonabl balanc which s to b stablishd. I bliv that w ought to us our own rsourcs or b rady to us thm (shal oil in Colorado or oil a natural gas from ANWR a offshor drilling), but if this dos not occur during my liftim, I am not going to strss ovr it. 1Chronicls 17:1d = 2Samul 7:2c Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs w (or v ) (åà or åì) [pronouncd wh] a, vn, thn; namly; whn; sinc, that; though simpl wâw conjunction BDB #251 ãrôwn (àâøåéï) [pronouncd uh-rohn] ark, chst; Ark masculin singular construct Strong s #727 BDB #75 b rîyth (áìàøäéú) [pronouncd b rth] covnant, pact, allianc, traty, allianc; contract fminin singular construct Strong s #1285 BDB #136 2Sam. 7 lacks th word covnant. YHWH (éäåä) [pronunciation is possibly yhoh-wah] translitratd variously as Jhovah, Yahwh, Y howah propr noun Strong s #3068 BDB #217 2Sam. 7:2 has instad: Ìlôhîym (àìéääéí) [pronouncd l-o-heem] gods, forign gods, god; God; rulrs, judgs; suprhuman ons, angls; translitratd Elohim masculin plural noun with th dfinit articl Strong's #430 BDB #43 tachath (úìçççú) [pronouncd TAHkhahth] urnath, blow, ur, bnath; instad of, in liu of; in th plac [in which on stas]; in xchang for; on th basis of prposition of location or fouation Strong s #8478 BDB #1065

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1132 1Chronicls 17:1d = 2Samul 7:2c Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs tachath is not fou in 2Sam. 7:2. Thy hav, instad: yâshab (éèùçá) [pronouncd yaw- B SHAH V] inhabiting, staying, rmaining, dwlling, sitting Qal activ participl Strong's #3427 BDB #442 h b (áìà) [pronouncd b ] in, into, at, by, nar, on, with, bfor, against, by mans of, among, within a prposition of proximity BDB #88 tâvk (úèåæêó) E [pronouncd taw-vek ] midst, among, middl masculin singular construct Strong's #8432 BDB #1063 With th bêyth prposition, tâvk can man in th middl of, in th midst of; into, among. With th 2 prson rd masculin plural suffix, it can man in your midst, among you. with th 3 prson masculin plural suffix, it can man in thir midst, among thm. y rîy<âh (éàøäéòèä) [pronouncd y r- ÌAWH th curtain of a tnt, most oftn fou as th curtains of th tabrnacl; a vil, tarp, drapry; a mtonym for tnt fminin plural noun Strong s #3407 BDB #438 Thr is a dfinit articl in 2Sam. 7:2. Translation:...but th Ark of th Covnant of Y howah [stays] urnath curtains. What appars to b th ordr of things is, (1) David attacks a taks control of Jrusalm; (2) Hiram builds a palac of cdar for David; (3) David brings th Ark of God into Jrusalm, into th city walls, a dposits it in a tnt (but not th Tnt of God); a now (4) David is considring this situation. H is in a palac of cdar a God s Ark is ssntially outdoors in a tnt. To David, this just dos not mak sns. Th Ark of God is far mor important to Isral than David is. That th Ark has bn kpt in a tnt is fou in Ex. 40:19 21 2Sam. 6:17 1Chron. 15:1 16:1 17:5 2Chron. 1:4. If David livs in a hous of cdar a th Ark of th Covnant is urnath tnt curtains, that sms lik quit an inquity. Th implication is, Isral is now in a prmannt plac, David is in a prmannt palac, so it sms logical that th Ark is placd into a prmannt structur rathr than a tnt. It did not sm right to David for him to liv in this gra palac probably th nicst hom in all of Isral a th Ark of God was in this tnt. W do not know whthr this is all that David says or if Nathan urstas th gist of what is bing said without David going any furthr. This sort of thing is quit common in th Bibl to urstat rathr than to ovrstat a thing. Not a word is said about David s xact plans. All that is prsntd hr a in Samul is just a short intrchang btwn ths two mn. I am sur that David had mor to say than, Hr I am in a hous mad of cdar, a th Ark of God is sitting within a tnt. I am sur that h had a vision of what h wantd to b don, which h probably xplai to Nathan. Howvr, God th Holy Spirit did not bliv that to b vry important, a so w do not know xactly what David s plans wr (although w can rasonably conclud that thy involvd building a mor prmannt structur for th Ark of God). Thr ar svral things to tak notic of hr:

1133 Th Book of Chronicls Our Takaway from 1Chronicls 17:1 1. David dos not say, But God is urnath curtains. Dspit all of th hathn influncs arou Isral, th Bibl nvr spaks of th Ark of God as bing God. Mn ar nvr urgd to worship th Ark of God. 2. Scoly, what David wants to do, or plans to do, is a lot lss important than what God plans to do. Thrfor, w sp a total of on vrs on David s idas, a vv. 4 14 on what God is going to do. 3. Thirdly, this hlps us to ursta why David dos not runit th Tnt of Mting with th Ark. a. This would b xactly what w would xpct David, a man of God to do to ftch th Tabrnacl of God a bring it to Jrusalm, a thn to put th Ark insid of it (in th Holy of Holis). b. Howvr, David s plans hr ar to, instad, build a prmannt structur for th Ark. c. God, whn spaking to David through Nathan, will iicat that David s son, Solomon (unnamd hr) will build a prmannt dwlling for th Ark of God. d. God dos not rquir David to, in th mantim, bring th Tnt of Mting to Jrusalm. Most kings in David s position would b looking to incras th siz of thir kingdom or to bring mor walth into th trasury. David is givn som tim off a h dtrmins that th plac whr th Ark is kpt is important to him. This is on his mi. Kping th Ark of God in a tnt whn David himslf livs in a grat palac mad of cdar just sms wrong to him. 3 Although som xgts plac ths vnts nar th of Davids lif, I don t think that David livd all of this tim a suddnly h ralizs that h is living in a hous of cdar, but th Ark of God is in a tnt. As a young boy, David had bn nthralld with th city of Jrusalm a its grat bauty; a now David, on a boy who followd aftr his family s shp, was ruling Isral from th city of Jrusalm, living in a palac built for him by th King of Tyr. I doubt that it took David 30 or 40 yars to rcogniz what would sm lik an obvious inquity. I think that David rcognizd this arly on in his lif in Jrusalm. David was grac orintatd all of his lif. H did not finally bcom spiritually matur at th of his lif. David was a principld man who knw th Bibl arly on. Thrfor, on of th first things to occur to him as h first sits upon his nw thron in his nw cdar palac is, Jhovah Elohim, th God of Isral. Chaptr Outlin Charts, Maps a Short Doctrins This lads us to th qustion: Why Dosn t God Rquir David to Bring th Ark a th Tabrnacl Togthr? 1. You will notic that God will not say to David, Sinc Solomon will b building a prmannt dwlling for My Ark, in th mantim, you to go ftch th Tabrnacl a bring it to Jrusalm [or tak th Ark to whr th Tabrnacl is]. 2. David, as a typ of Christ, will b mphasizd, ovr th nxt 40 yars. 3. Th Ark is nvr spokn of as bing God, vn though this is how hathn saw thir own rligious artifacts. But th Ark was a typ of Christ. 4. Although God will not say this spcifically, David will b sn as a typ of Christ, as will his son Solomon. st 5. David rprsnts Christ in His 1 a 2 Advnts. H is a typ of Christ. Jsus will rturn a slaughtr th unbliving hathn who hav dscd upon Jrusalm to war. 6. Solomon will rprsnt Jsus in His Millnnial rign. 7. For most of th history of Isral, th Ark, which is a typ of Christ, will b hiddn. It is kpt within th Holy of Holis insid of th Tabrnacl. Howvr, for on gnration, th childrn of Isral will bhold our Lord. 8. Thrfor, th mphasis during th tim of David is David himslf, right in front of his popl, just as Jsus will b right in front of His popl. 3 For on xam pl, Th Trasury of Scriptural Knowldg; by Cann, Brown, Blayny, Scott, a othrs about 1880, with introduction by R. A. Torry; courtsy of E-sword, 1Chron. 17:1.

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1134 Why Dosn t God Rquir David to Bring th Ark a th Tabrnacl Togthr? 9. Thrfor, Isral is to focus upon thir king, th king whom thy s, rathr than upon th Ark of God. Whn David gos awry in his actions, this is why God dalt with him so harshly. Whn you ar out in front of popl a you rprsnt Jsus Christ, you can also rflct poorly upon Him. How many tims hav you hard popl dcrying Christians as hypocrits? I hav a cousin who, vry tim som man of God would fall, h would immdiatly mail th wb articl about it. It was important to him to lt m know what a bunch of hypocrits Christians wr. This, quit obviously, gav m th opportunity to mak th gospl clar, a to xplain why th bhavior of this or that blivr was not my concrn; howvr, this guy has always bn quit hard-hartd. Chaptr Outlin Charts, Maps a Short Doctrins Finally, vn though David has this in mi a God will say no, David fou grac in God s sight for thinking of this without God having to prompt him. So it was until th days of David, who fou favor in th sight of God a askd to fi a dwlling plac for th God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built a hous for him (Acts 7:45b 47). Application: It would b fantastic for m to b abl to put on th intrnt a complt doctrinally corrct, xgtical study of th Old Tstamnt, a vn bttr if I could do so with th Nw as wll. Howvr, I raliz that, bcaus of my sin natur a th amount of tim which I hav rmaining in my own human lif, that is unlikly. Evry day which God givs m to study His Word a to xplain it as bst that I can, is a blssing. Howvr, this projct will continu aftr I hav passd away not bcaus I hav somon li up to tak my plac, but God dos. Just as David bgan to rstor Isral s spiritual lif by bringing th Ark into Jrusalm, Solomon will complt this projct by building a Tmpl in Jrusalm. Many of us hav th opportunity to ursta what our spiritual gift is a what w ar abl to do with it, a many of us will bgin a projct which w know w will not finish. A missionary may spak to a fw hurd popl; a pastor might hav a congrgation which is limitd in siz h may b accuratly taching 20 or 30 blivrs, whil haring about mga-churchs which add that many blivrs ach Suay. Lif is simpl. You kp growing in grac a in th knowldg of God s Word; you stay in fllowship is oftn as possibl, a you do what God puts bfor you. This may includ a gra projct which you know that you will not complt in your liftim. This is nothing to dspair about. Application: This ought ot b applid to your own tmporal lif as wll. You may hav a dram hous or this dram xistnc or this idal salary or rtirmnt or position which you bliv in your nxt stp (or your vntual stp). You may or may not rach whatvr goals you hav st. As long as it dos not intrfr with your spiritual lif, it is good to hav goals a it is good to look ahad in lif. Howvr, bar in mi, God is going to throw you a curv ball now a again. A lot of things hav happ to m ovr th past 50+ yars. Th city that I liv in, th hous that I liv in, my prsnt-day vocation, th amount of tim that God has givn m to writ ths ar things which I would hav nvr forsn or prdictd. A yar bfor ach of ths things occurrd, I had not th slightst clu that thy would. What God has placd bfor m, from tim to tim, was difficult a disconcrting; a, at othr tims, unblivably worful. All of it, as H promiss, has workd togthr for good. A so says Nathan unto David, All which [is] in your hart, do, for Elohim [is] with you. 1Chronicls 7:2 Thn Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your hart, for God is with you. Hr is how othrs hav translatd this vrs: Ancint txts: Thn Nathan said to David, Do all that [is] in your hart, for Elohim [is] with you.

1135 Th Book of Chronicls Masortic Txt (Hbrw) Sptuagint (Grk) Significant diffrncs: A so says Nathan unto David, All which [is] in your hart, do, for Elohim [is] with you. A Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your hart; for God is with you. Non. Thought-for-thought translations; paraphrass: CEV Easy-to-Rad Vrsion Th Mssag Nw Cntury Vrsion Rvisd English Bibl Today s NIV Nathan rplid, "Th LORD is with you--do what you want." Nathan answrd David, You may do what you want to do. God is with you. Nathan told David, "Whatvr is on your hart, go a do it; God is with you." Nathan said to David, "Do what you want to do, bcaus God is with you." Nathan answrd, Do whatvr you hav in mi, for God is with you. Nathan rplid to David, "Whatvr you hav in mi, do it, for God is with you." Mostly litral rrings (with som occasional paraphrasing): Bibl in Basic English God s Word NET Bibl A Nathan said to David, Do whatvr is in your hart, for God is with you. Nathan told David, "Do vrything you hav in mi, bcaus God is with you." Nathan said to David, "You should do whatvr you hav in mi,5 for God is with you." Litral, almost word-for-word, rrings: Concordant Litral Vrsion WEB Young s Updatd LT...a Nathan said unto David, `All that [is] in your hart do, for Elohim [is] with you... Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your hart; for God is with you. A Nathan says unto David, All that is in your hart, do, for God is with you. What is th gist of this vrs? Nathan ss no problm with David s ida (which is apparntly to build a prmannt plac of worship which would contain th Ark); a h tlls David to go ahad with it. 1Chronicls 17:2a = 2Samul 7:3a Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs wa (or va) (åç) [pronouncd wah] a so, a thn, thn, a; so, that, yt, thrfor wâw conscutiv BDB #253 âmar (àèîçø) [pronouncd aw-mahr] to say, to spak, to uttr; to say [to onslf], to think rd 3 prson masculin singular, Qal imprfct Strong s #559 BDB #55 Nâthân (ðèúèï) [pronouncd naw- THAWN] givn; on who is givn; translitratd Nathan masculin singular, propr noun Strong s #5416 BDB #681 l (àæì) [pronouncd l] unto, in, into, toward, to, rgarding, against dirctional prposition (rspct or dfrnc may b implid) Strong's #413 BDB #39 Dâvid (ãìèåäã); also Dâvîyd (ãìèåäéã) [pronouncd daw- VEED] blovd a is translitratd David masculin propr noun Strong s #1732 BDB #187

1Chronicls Chaptr 17 1136 1Chronicls 17:2a = 2Samul 7:3a Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs Again, w hav David s nam hr in Chronicls a th king in 2Samul. mlk (îæìæêó) [pronouncd MEH-lk] king, rulr, princ masculin singular noun with th dfinit articl Strong s #4428 BDB #572 kôl (ëìéì) [pronouncd kohl] th whol, all, th ntirty, vry masculin singular noun Strong s #3605 BDB #481 ãshr (àâéùæø) [pronouncd uh-sher] that, which, whn, who, whom rlativ pronoun Strong's #834 BDB #81 Togthr, kôl ãshr man all whom, all that [which]; whomvr, all whos, all whr, whrvr. h b (áìà) [pronouncd b ] in, into, at, by, nar, on, with, bfor, against, by mans of, among, within a prposition of proximity BDB #88 lêbab (ìåáçá) [pronouncd V lay-bahb ] mi, innr man, innr bing, hart masculin singular noun with a 2 prson masculin singular suffix Strong s #3824 BDB #523 Thr ar two imprativs fou in 2Sam. 7; on fou hr in 1Chron. 17. hâlak (äèìçêà) [pronouncd haw-lahk ] go, com, dpart, walk; advanc 2 prson masculin singular, Qal imprativ Strong s #1980 (a #3212) BDB #229 âsâh (òèùéèä) [pronouncd ìaw-sawh] to do, to mak, to construct, to fashion, to form, to prpar, to manufactur 2 prson masculin singular, Qal imprativ Strong's #6213 BDB #793 Translation: Thn Nathan said to David, Do all that [is] in your hart,... Nathan list to what David was saying, a considrd it, a it mad sns to him. So h givs David th go-ahad. 1Chronicls 17:2b = 2Samul 7:3b Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs kîy (ëìäé) [pronouncd k] for, bcaus; that; whn xplanatory conjunction; prposition Strong's #3588 BDB #471 Ìlôhîym (àìéääéí) [pronouncd l-o-heem] gods, forign gods, god; God; rulrs, judgs; suprhuman ons, angls; translitratd Elohim masculin plural noun with th dfinit articl Strong's #430 BDB #43 Intrstingly nough, 2Sam. 7 has Y howah hr, a 1Chron. 17 has Elohim; but this is th xact opposit from 1Chron. 17:1d.

1137 Th Book of Chronicls 1Chronicls 17:2b = 2Samul 7:3b Hbrw/Pronunciation Common English Manings Nots/Morphology Numbrs YHWH (éäåä) [pronunciation is possibly yhoh-wah] translitratd variously as Jhovah, Yahwh, Y howah propr noun Strong s #3068 BDB #217 îm (òäí) [pronouncd ìm] with, at, by, nar; lik; from prposition of narnss a vicinity with th 2 prson masculin singular suffix Strong s #5973 BDB #767 Translation:...for Elohim [is] with you. I suspct that th diffrnc in th quotation, is, on of thos who copid ths words, ithr in Samul or Chronicls, switchd Y howah a Elohim, a th slight diffrnc btwn ths two passags is th rsult. Nathan crtainly considrd what David had to say, a, sinc thr was no vidnc ot th contrary, dcidd that what David was suggsting mad prfct sns to him. Nathan must hav simply assumd that God would go along with this ida of David s. Application: Just bcaus somon uss holy languag; a just bcaus thy ar spiritually matur a us holy languag, dos not man that thy ar always right. On a whol othr topic, whn I was nw to buying houss, I somtims list to my tnants whn thy gav m thir xprt opinion about this or that. Aftr a fw yars, I ralizd that thy oftn did not hav a clu, but what thy said simply soud vry convincing. This is crtainly what Nathan had to say. Howvr, h was wrong. Blivrs ar fallibl; blivrs can b wrong, vn grat ons. Whn it coms to prophtic uttrancs, Nathan was 100% right. Howvr, somtims, whn it coms to what David ought to do, Nathan hr is wrong. H is giving it his bst shot, a h cannot think why God would oppos such an ida, so h not only givs David th go-ahad, but assurs him that God is with him on this projct. Application: You ar uniquly dsig to run your own lif. Popl who go in for counsling a guidanc ar oftn trying to shortcut spiritual growth. Thy ar in a jam or thy hav paintd thmslvs into a cornr, a thy want to know how to gt out of it. With doctrin, you ar going to hav an ida as to what you ought to do. In my own lif, I hav had surprisingly littl troubl whn it cam to figuring out what I ought to do. This dos not man that I hav always don th right thing far from it but rarly hav I, in ral lif, bn stumpd with a dcision. Application: I am not faulting David hr for sking guidanc. H is going to do somthing which is not fou in th Law. H has carfully rad through th Scripturs (in ordr to figur out how to proprly mov th Ark), a building a prmannt structur for th Ark of God is not fou among God s dirctivs. So David dos th most snsibl thing that h can h calls upon Nathan th propht for his input. W may pray bfor a difficult dcision; w may consult with family mmbrs; w may consult with popl who sm spiritually matur; howvr, w will to mak this dcision ourslvs. David hr has what sms to b an advantag Nathan th propht can actually communicat with God, so h can dtrmin without a doubt what is th right thing to do. Howvr, God has givn us th complt Word of God, somthing which David a Nathan did not hav. God gav us God th Holy Spirit, which David a Nathan could los. God gav us all of th spiritual assts which Jsus Christ Himslf possssd in His humanity. It was His humanity which was tstd a it was His humanity which urd th cross. What I am saying is, do not b jalous of David bcaus h could go to Nathan th propht in ordr to figur out what to do. God has givn vry blivr in th Church Ag all of th spiritual assts ncssary to mak vry dcision in lif a to fac vry difficulty in lif. A H has promisd us that H will not tst us byo what w ar abl to bar.