ASV - 1 Chronicles Chapter 16 to 17

16 1 Chronicles 16

¹And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. ²And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah. ³And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of raisins.

⁴And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel: ⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; ⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

⁷Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. ⁸O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples. ⁹Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works. ¹⁰Glory ye in his holy name; Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. ¹¹Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore. ¹²Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, ¹³O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ¹⁴He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth. ¹⁵Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ¹⁶The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, ¹⁷And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹⁸Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; ¹⁹When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it; ²⁰And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people. ²¹He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, ²²Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. ²³Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day. ²⁴Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples. ²⁵For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. ²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens. ²⁷Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place. ²⁸Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength; ²⁹Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him: Worship Jehovah in holy array. ³⁰Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved. ³¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth. ³²Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein; ³³Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth. ³⁴O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. ³⁵And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise. ³⁶Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.

³⁷So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; ³⁸and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; ³⁹and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon, ⁴⁰to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel; ⁴¹and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endureth for ever; ⁴²and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. ⁴³And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

17 1 Chronicles 17

¹And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains. ²And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee. ³And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, ⁴Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: ⁵for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. ⁶In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar? ⁷Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel: ⁸and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. ⁹And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, ¹⁰and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house. ¹¹And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. ¹³I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee; ¹⁴but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever. ¹⁵According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

¹⁶Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? ¹⁷And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God. ¹⁸What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. ¹⁹O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. ²⁰O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt? ²²For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. ²³And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. ²⁴And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee. ²⁵For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee. ²⁶And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: ²⁷and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.