1 Crônicas 17

ARC · Chapter 17/29

1Succedeu pois que, morando David já em sua casa, disse David ao propheta Nathan: Eis que moro em casa de cedros, mas a arca do concerto do Senhor está debaixo de cortinas.

2Então Nathan disse a David: Tudo quanto tens no teu coração faze, porque Deus é comtigo.

3Mas succedeu, na mesma noite, que a palavra do Senhor veiu a Nathan, dizendo:

4Vae, e dize a David meu servo: Assim diz o Senhor: Tu me não edificarás uma casa para morar;

5Porque em casa nenhuma morei, desde o dia em que fiz subir a Israel até ao dia de hoje; mas fui de tenda em tenda, e de tabernaculo em tabernaculo.

6Por todas as partes por onde andei com todo o Israel, porventura fallei alguma palavra a algum dos juizes de Israel, a quem ordenei que apascentasse o meu povo, dizendo: Porque me não edificaes uma casa de cedros?

7Agora pois assim dirás a meu servo, a David: Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Eu te tirei do curral, de detraz das ovelhas, para que fosses chefe do meu povo Israel.

8E estive comtigo por toda a parte, por onde foste, e de diante de ti exterminei todos os teus inimigos, e te fiz um nome como o nome dos grandes que estão na terra.

9E ordenei um logar para o meu povo Israel, e o plantei, para que habite no seu logar, e nunca mais seja removido d'uma para outra parte; e nunca mais os debilitarão os filhos da perversidade, como ao principio;

10E desde os dias em que ordenei juizes sobre o meu povo Israel; porém abati a todos os teus inimigos: tambem te fiz saber que o Senhor te edificaria uma casa.

11E ha de ser que, quando forem cumpridos os teus dias, para ires a teus paes, suscitarei a tua semente depois de ti, a qual será dos teus filhos, e confirmarei o seu reino.

12Este me edificará casa; e eu confirmarei o seu throno para sempre.

13Eu lhe serei por pae, e elle me será por filho: e a minha benignidade não desviarei d'elle, como a tirei d'aquelle, que foi antes de ti.

14Mas o confirmarei na minha casa e no meu reino para sempre, e o seu throno será firme para sempre.

15Conforme todas estas palavras, e conforme toda esta visão, assim fallou Nathan a David.

16Então entrou o rei David, e ficou perante o Senhor: e disse: Quem sou eu, Senhor Deus? e qual é a minha casa, que me trouxestes até aqui?

17E ainda isto, ó Deus, foi pouco aos teus olhos; pelo que fallaste da casa de teu servo para tempos distantes: e proveste-me, segundo o costume dos homens, com esta exaltação, ó Senhor Deus.

18Que mais te dirá David, ácerca da honra feita a teu servo? porém tu bem conheces a teu servo.

19Ó Senhor, por amor de teu servo, e segundo o teu coração, fizeste todas estas grandezas, para fazer notorias todas estas grandes coisas.

20Senhor, ninguem ha como tu, e não ha Deus fóra de ti, conforme tudo quanto ouvimos com os nossos ouvidos.

21E quem ha como o teu povo Israel, unica gente na terra? a quem Deus foi remir para seu povo, fazendo-te nome com coisas grandes e temerosas, lançando as nações de diante do teu povo, que remiste do Egypto.

22E tomaste o teu povo Israel para ser teu povo para sempre: e tu, Senhor, lhe foste por Deus.

23Agora pois, Senhor, a palavra que fallaste de teu servo, e ácerca da sua casa, seja certa para sempre: e faze como fallaste.

24Confirme-se com effeito, e que o teu nome se engrandeça para sempre, e diga-se: O Senhor dos Exercitos, o Deus de Israel, é Deus para Israel; e fique firme diante de ti a casa de David teu servo.

25Porque tu, Deus meu, revelaste ao ouvido de teu servo que lhe edificarias casa; pelo que o teu servo achou confiança para orar em tua presença.

26Agora pois, Senhor, tu és o mesmo Deus, e fallaste este bem ácerca de teu servo.

27Agora pois foste servido abençoares a casa de teu servo, para que esteja perpetuamente diante de ti: porque tu, Senhor, a abençoaste, e ficará abençoada para sempre.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

David wishes to build a permanent temple for God, but the prophet Nathan reveals that it will not be David but his son who builds that house. God makes a promise to David that his dynasty will be established forever.

Explanation

This is one of the theologically most important chapters in the entire Bible, containing what is known as the 'Davidic covenant.' Although David's intention to build a temple was good, God reveals that this task belongs to his son (Solomon), but in return offers an even greater promise: that David's dynasty would be established forever, a throne that would never end. This promise would become the foundation of Israel's messianic hope, and the New Testament identifies Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of this eternal covenant. David's humble prayer of gratitude, acknowledging his smallness before such a great promise, is a model of the proper response to God's unexpected generosity.

Fun facts

  • The promise of a 'throne established forever' made to David is quoted and reinterpreted several times throughout the Old and New Testaments, and is applied directly to Jesus in the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary, in Luke 1:32-33.
  • This same event, with small differences in detail, is recorded in parallel in 2 Samuel 7, and comparing the two versions helps scholars understand the different theological emphases of each book.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 1 Crônicas 17:1David wants to build a ‘house’ (a temple) for God, and the answer he receives plays on that same word: it will not be David who builds a house for God, but God who will build a house — in the sense of a dynasty — for David, through the son who will raise the real temple.
  2. 1 Crônicas 17:2Before consulting God, Nathan gives his own opinion right away: ‘do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee’ — a hasty answer that the very next night will correct.
  3. 1 Crônicas 17:3That same night, the word of the LORD comes to Nathan — God corrects the advice the prophet had given on his own just hours before.
  4. 1 Crônicas 17:4The message turns the plan upside down: David will not build a house for God — the exact opposite of what he had just proposed to Nathan.
  5. 1 Crônicas 17:5God explains why: He has never lived in a fixed house since He brought Israel out of Egypt, always moving from tent to tent — He never asked for that kind of comfort.
  6. 1 Crônicas 17:6God recalls that He never demanded this of any of the judges who led Israel before David — the request for a temple never came from Him.
  7. 1 Crônicas 17:7God shifts tone and recalls David’s humble origin: taken from among the flock, from following the sheep, to become leader of God’s own people — a reminder of gratitude before the great promise.
  8. 1 Crônicas 17:8God sums up everything He has already done for David: He has been with him everywhere, cut off his enemies, and given him a name as great as those of the greatest men on earth.
  9. 1 Crônicas 17:9The promise extends to the people themselves: a fixed, planted place, where Israel will no longer be displaced or oppressed as constantly happened in the turbulent time of the judges.
  10. 1 Crônicas 17:10Here is the central turn of the chapter: instead of David building a house for God, it is God who promises to build a house — in the sense of a dynasty — for David.
  11. 1 Crônicas 17:11The promise of an everlasting throne for David’s descendants is the foundation of the messianic hope that runs through the rest of the Bible. It is worth noting that this version of the promise, compared with the one in Samuel, leaves out the part about punishment for future sins — here the focus stays only on faithfulness and blessing.
  12. 1 Crônicas 17:12The promise grows more specific: it will be David’s son who builds the real temple, and God will establish his throne forever.
  13. 1 Crônicas 17:13God promises to be like a father to this son, and never to take from him the mercy He took from Saul — a direct comparison that shows the contrast between the two dynasties.
  14. 1 Crônicas 17:14The promise reaches its strongest point: this throne will stand firm forever — the foundation of the hope, carried through the rest of the Bible, for a king descended from David.
  15. 1 Crônicas 17:15A simple closing: it was exactly these words and this vision that Nathan spoke to David — confirming that the whole message came straight from God, not from the prophet’s own mind.
  16. 1 Crônicas 17:16David goes to pray before the LORD and begins with genuine humility: ‘who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?’ — the natural response to such an enormous promise.
  17. 1 Crônicas 17:17David is amazed that God has spoken of his house for ‘a great while to come’ — the promise is not just for him, it is for generations he will never know.
  18. 1 Crônicas 17:18David admits he has run out of words: ‘what can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant’ — a moment of reverent silence within the prayer itself.
  19. 1 Crônicas 17:19David acknowledges that all of this happened because of God’s own heart, not because of any merit of his own — the promise exists to reveal who God is, not to reward who David is.
  20. 1 Crônicas 17:20A direct declaration of faith: ‘there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee’ — the high point of David’s prayer of gratitude.
  21. 1 Crônicas 17:21David looks back over Israel’s whole history — brought out of Egypt, set free from the other nations — and asks what other people on earth has ever received as much from God as this one.
  22. 1 Crônicas 17:22It sums up the covenant in one line: God made Israel His own people forever, and became their God — the foundation of Israel’s whole religious identity.
  23. 1 Crônicas 17:23David asks for the promise to truly come to pass: ‘let it even be established for ever, and do as thou hast said’ — he does not doubt God’s word, he simply asks for it to be confirmed in practice.
  24. 1 Crônicas 17:24David ties God’s own name to the fulfillment of the promise: if David’s house stands firm, the LORD’s name will also be magnified forever.
  25. 1 Crônicas 17:25David explains where his boldness to pray so directly comes from: it was God Himself who first revealed that He would build this house — the promise comes before the request.
  26. 1 Crônicas 17:26David reaffirms his confidence: ‘thou art God,’ recognizing that the promise already made is guarantee enough.
  27. 1 Crônicas 17:27The prayer ends with a request for a lasting blessing on David’s family — and the certainty that once God blesses something, that blessing does not come undone.

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