1 Chronicles 17 is the seventeenth

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. The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. This chapter contains God's covenant with David through the prophet Nathan and David's response in the form of thanksgiving prayer. The whole chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of David (1 Chronicles 9:35 to 29:30).

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God’s covenant with David (17:1–15)

This section closely follows with minor redaction to suit the context. Nathan's personal opinion (verse 2) was corrected by God in the subsequent prophecy, without mentioning David's lack of suitability for building the temple (explained later in ).

Verse 1

:''Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the is under a tent."'' *"Under a tent": literally "under tent curtains" (cf. ,7; ). The statement "and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him" in 2 Samuel 7:1 is not copied by the Chronicler, because David's wars have yet to be described (1 Chronicles 18–20).

Verse 14

:''"And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever."''

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*"In My kingdom forever": The kingship of God is manifested through David's kingdom and his heirs (1 Chronicles 28:5; 29:11; 2 Chronicles 13:8; cf. 2 Samuel 7:16). Here the Chronicler portrays 'the seed after David', arising from his sons, as the

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, whom the prophets announced as the "Son of David", a divergence from 2 Samuel 7:14-16, so it omits "If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men" (2 Samuel 7:14), because the chastisement would be important for the direct sons of David and the kings of Judah, but not for the Messiah, from whom God will never withdraw His grace.Keil, Carl Friedrich; Delitzsch, Franz
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David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving (17:16–27)

This passage contains David's prayer as a reply to the promise given by God through Nathan. Apart from a slight change in the name used for God, the section closely follows 2 Samuel 7:17–29.

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