---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: 1 Chronicles from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 17
verse_count: 27
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), 1 Chronicles, chap. 17, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# 1 Chronicles 17

*David proposeth to build God a house God forbiddeth him David's prayer and*

**1** Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.
**2** Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
**3** And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
**4** Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;
**5** For 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.
**6** Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?
**7** Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel;
**8** And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
**9** Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
**10** And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee, that the Lord will build thee a house.
**11** And it shall come to pass when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
**12** He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
**13** I will be his father, and he shall be my son; and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;
**14** But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for evermore.
**15** According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
**16** And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
**17** And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also 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 Lord God.
**18** What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
**19** O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
**20** O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
**21** And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
**22** For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
**23** Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
**24** Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
**25** For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
**26** And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;
**27** Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.