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Bible study · 1 Chronicles 17:1-27

1 Chronicles 17: The LORD will build you a house

Read 1 Chronicles 17:1-27 before you meet.

In a few lines

David was told he would not build God a house; the LORD would build David one (17:4, 17:10). In Chronicles the promise ends with the house and the kingdom called God's own: "I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever" (17:14), where 2 Samuel 7:16 has "Your house and your kingdom".

The verse to carry

“Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”

1 Chronicles 17:27

To talk about

  1. 1. David spoke of his cedar house and the tent the ark was in (17:1). What do you notice about how you care for your own life beside how you make room for God?

  2. 2. David asked, "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?" (17:16). Looking back, how far has God brought you, and what would you say to him about it?

  3. 3. David was told no to what was in his heart (17:4), and then given a bigger promise than he asked for (17:10-14). Has a no from God ever turned out to hold something better? How did you come to see it?

Prayer requests