1 Chronicles 17:4-14

4“Go and tell David My servant, ‘This is what the Lord says: “1You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in; 5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, 2but I have 3gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another. 6In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word 4with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’ 7Now, therefore, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel. 8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have eliminated all your enemies from you; and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are on the earth. 9And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them there, so that they may live in their own place and not tremble with anxiety again; and the 5wicked will not make them waste away anymore as they did previously, 10even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.

Moreover, I tell you that the Lord will build a house for you. 11When your days are fulfilled that you must 6go to be with your fathers, then I will set up one of your 7descendants after you, who will be from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 138I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My favor away from him, 9as I took it from him who was before you. 14But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”’”