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1 Chronicles 17:6-8
New English Translation

6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say[a] to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,[b] ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies[c] says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd[d] to make you a leader of my people Israel. 8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated[e] all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 17:6 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say a word?”) meaning “I did not say a word.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 17:6 tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 17:7 tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 17:7 tn Heb “and from after sheep.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 17:8 tn Heb “cut off.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 17:8 tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”
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