Scofield Reference Bible Notes
1 Chronicles 17

1Ch 17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

I dwell in an house of cedars

1Ch 14:1.

1Ch 17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee

Cf. 1Ch 17:3, 4; the folly of human opinion in the things of God.

1Ch 17:7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

I took thee from the sheepcote

1Sa 16:11-13.

from following the sheep

David is here, as often, a type of his Son after the flesh (Mat 1:1; Rom 1:3), Jesus the Shepherd-King. At His first coming He took the shepherd's place, first in death (John 10:11), and now in resurrection power (Heb 13:20). At His return He will take the place of "ruler over Israel" (Isa 11:10-12; Jer 23:5-8; Luk 1:32, 33; Act 15:14-17). This is the precise order of Psalms 22; 23; 24. In the first the good Shepherd is giving His life for the sheep; in the second He is caring for the sheep; in the third He comes to reign as King of Glory.

1Ch 17:9 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,

I will ordain a place…and will plant them

Deu 30:1-9; Isa 11:11-13; Jer 16:14-16; 23:5-8; 24:6; Eze 37:21-27; Amo 9:14.

1Ch 17:10 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 an house.

And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel

Or, as at the beginning, when I set judges over my people, etc.

the LORD will build thee an house

Fulfilled first in Solomon, 1Ki 8:19, 20; and to be fulfilled in Christ, Luk 1:32, 33; Act 15:14-16.

1Ch 17:11 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.

when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers

1Ki 2:1; Act 13:36.

I will raise up thy seed after thee

i.e. Solomon, 1Ki 5:5; 6:12; 8:19, etc. See 1Ch 22:10, etc.; 28:20.

1Ch 17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

I will stablish his throne for ever

Psa 89:3, 4, 20-37.

1Ch 17:13 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:

as I took it from him that was before thee

1Sa 15:23-28.

1Ch 17:21 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?

what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel

Deu 4:6-8, 33-38; Psa 147:20.

redeemed

Scofield Exodus 14:30, note.