## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 17

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:1:1
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**וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשַׁב דָּוִיד.** בִּשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ז:א-ב) כְּתִיב ״וַה׳ הֵנִיחַ לוֹ מִסָּבִיב״ וְגוֹ׳ וַאֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים יוֹשֵׁב בְּתוֹךְ הַיְרִיעָה״, כְּדִכְתִיב לְמַעְלָה הֵימֶנָּה ״בְּתוֹךְ הָאֹהֶל אֲשֶׁר נָטָה לוֹ דָּוִד״ (דברי הימים א טז:א). אָמַר דָּוִד: הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קִיֵּם בּוֹ ״וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל אֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב״ (דברים יב:י), וְגַם אָנֹכִי מוּטָל עָלַי לַעֲשׂוֹת מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בְּסָמוּךְ ״וְהָיָה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בּוֹ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם״ (דברים יב:יא), כְּלוֹמַר: אֶעֱשֶׂה לוֹ מִשְׁכָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now it came to pass when David sat** In Samuel (II 7:1) it is written: “...and the Lord had given him rest from around him, etc.” [The next verse says] “but the Ark of God dwells within the curtains,” as is written above (ibid. 6:17): “...inside the tent that David had pitched for it.” David said, “The Holy One, blessed be He, has fulfilled through me, (Deut. 12:10): ‘and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about,’ and I too am obligated to do what is written in close proximity (ibid. verse 11): ‘...then the place that the Lord your God will choose to let his name rest there,’ i.e., I shall build him a tabernacle,”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:3:1
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**וַיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וְגוֹ׳.** מְפֹרָשׁ בַּמִּדְרָשׁ (מדרש שמואל כו:א): אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְנָתָן הַנָּבִיא, הָאָדָם הַזֶּה שֶׁאֲנִי שׁוֹלֵחַ אֵלָיו נַדְרָן הוּא, צֵא וֶאֱמוֹר לוֹ עַד שֶׁלֹּא יִשָּׁבַע לִבְנוֹתוֹ: **לֹא אַתָּה תִבְנֶה הַבַּיִת לְשִׁבְתִּי**. דָּבָר אַחֵר (מדרש שמואל כו:א): הָאָדָם שֶׁאֲנִי שׁוֹלְחֲךָ אֶצְלוֹ זָרִיז הוּא, לֵךְ אֱמוֹר לוֹ קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּשְׂכּוֹר פּוֹעֲלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it came to pass on that same night, etc.** It is explained in the Midrash (*Midrash Sam.* 26: 1): “The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Nathan: This man to whom I am sending you is a vower. Go forth and tell him before he swears to build it: You shall not build Me the house for My dwelling.” Another explanation: The man to whom I am sending you is zealous. Go, tell him before he hires workers.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:5:1
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**וָאֶהְיֶה מֵאֹהֶל אֶל אֹהֶל וּמִמִּשְׁכָּן.** כְּלוֹמַר: וָאֶהְיֶה מִתְהַלֵּךְ מֵאֹהֶל אֶל אֹהֶל וּמִמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל מִשְׁכָּן, מִגִּלְגָּל לְשִׁילֹה וּמִשִּׁילֹה לְנוֹב וּמִנּוֹב לְגִבְעוֹן. וְאַף עַל גַּב שֶׁהָיִיתִי מְטֻלְטָל מֵאֹהֶל אֶל אֹהֶל וּמִמִּשְׁכָּן לְמִשְׁכָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but I have [gone] from tent to tent and from tabernacle** i.e., and I have walked from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle: from Gilgal to Shiloh, and from Shiloh to Nob, and from Nob to Gibeon, and although I was wandering from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle...


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:6:1
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**בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְּכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲדָבָר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶת אַחַד שֹׁפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי לִרְעוֹת אֶת עַמִּי לֵאמֹר לָמָּה לֹא בְנִיתֶם לִי בֵּית אֲרָזִים.** זֶה לֹא עָשִׂיתִי, וְאַף הֵם מֵאֲלֵיהֶם לֹא עָלָה בְמַחֲשַׁבְתָּם לִבְנוֹת לִי בַּיִת כַּאֲשֶׁר עָלָה בְמַחֲשַׁבְתְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wherever I walked among all Israel, I spoke a word, etc.** I did not do this, and neither did they spontaneously think of building a house for Me, as it has entered your mind.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:7:1
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**כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ צְבָאוֹת.** מַה שֶּׁעָלָה בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתְּךָ אֲנִי אֲשַׁלֵּם לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So said the Lord of Hosts** For that which entered your mind I shall repay you.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:7:2
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**מִן הַנָּוֶה.** נְוֵה הָרוֹעִים וְגִדְרוֹת צֹאן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the sheepcote** the dwelling of the shepherds and the sheepfolds.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:8:1
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**וְעָשִׂיתִי לְךָ שֵׁם כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדוֹלִים.** כְּשֵׁם מְלָכִים גְּדוֹלִים; כִּי לְמַעְלָה כְּתִיב ״וַיֵּצֵא שֵׁם דָּוִד בְּכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת״ (דברי הימים א יד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I have made you a name like the name of the great ones** like the name of the great kings, for above it is written (14:17): “... and David’s fame went forth throughout all the lands.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:9:1
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**וְשַׂמְתִּי מָקוֹם וְגוֹ׳ וְשָׁכַן תַּחְתָּיו.** – לֹא כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה בִּימֵי שָׁאוּל, כְּשֶׁנֶּהֱרַג שָׁאוּל וַיָּנוּסוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים תַּחְתָּם (שמואל א לא:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I shall appoint a place for My people Israel, and they will dwell in their own place, etc.** not as it was in the days of Saul, when Saul was slain and Israel fled, and the Philistines settled in their place.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:9:2
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**וְלֹא יוֹסִיפוּ בְנֵי עַוְלָה לְבַלֹּתוֹ.** כְּמוֹ ״לְעַנּוֹתוֹ״ (שמואל ב ז:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the wicked people will no longer afflict them** - Heb. לְבַלְּתוֹ like לְעַנּוֹתוֹ (II Sam. 7:10).


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:10:1
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**וּלְמִיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי שֹׁפְטִים עַל עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** לֹא הָיָה מְנוּחָה לָהֶם כָּמוֹךָ, אֲשֶׁר **הִכְנַעְתִּי אֶת כָּל אוֹיְבֶיךָ** לְפָנֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And even from the days that I commanded judges over My people Israel** they did not have rest like you, for I vanquished all your enemies before you.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:10:2
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**וָאַגִּד לָךְ.** מָה יִהְיֶה שְׂכָרְךָ שֶׁרָצִיתָ לִבְנוֹת לִי בַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Moreover I tell you** what your reward will be, because you wished to build Me a house.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:10:3
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**וּבַיִת יִבְנֶה לְךָ ה׳.** אַתָּה חָשַׁבְתָּ לִבְנוֹת לִי בַיִת לִשְׁמִי, בְּאוֹתָהּ מִדָּה יִהְיֶה שְׂכָרְךָ, וּמְבַשֶּׂרְךָ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כִּי בַיִת יַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ ה׳, שֶׁיִּתֵּן לְךָ בֵּן שֶׁיִּמְלוֹךְ תַּחְתֶּךָ וְיֵשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּמְקוֹמְךָ. וְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁתִּתְקַיֵּים בְּבֶן אָדָם אַחֲרָיו קָרוּי בַּיִת, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר **וַהֲקִימוֹתִי אֶת זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that the Lord will build you a house** You thought to build Me a house in My name; your reward will be with the same measure; the Holy One, blessed be He, brings you the tidings that the Lord will give you a son who will reign after you and who will sit on the throne of Israel in your stead, and everything that endures for a person after him is called a house, as it says (v. 11): “... and I shall raise up your seed after you.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:11:1
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**וְהָיָה כִּי מָלְאוּ יָמֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת עִם אֲבֹתֶיךָ.** כְּלוֹמַר: אַל תִּירָא שֶׁאֲנִי מְמַהֵר אֶת הַדָּבָר, אֶלָּא כִּי מָלְאוּ יָמֶיךָ אָז יִהְיֶה, וְאָז **וַהֲקִימוֹתִי אֶת זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ וְגוֹ׳ וַהֲכִינוֹתִי אֶת מַלְכוּתוֹ**; וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר בִּשְׁלֹמֹה ״וַתִּכֹּן מַלְכוּתוֹ מְאֹד״ (מלכים א ב:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it will come to pass when your days are finished to go with your forefathers** That is to say, do not fear that I will hasten the matter, but when your days are finished, then it will come about, and I shall raise up your seed after you. **and I shall establish his kingdom** And so he says of Solomon, (I Kings 2:12): “... and his kingdom was firmly established.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:13:1
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**אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לוֹ לְאָב וְהוּא יִהְיֶה לִי לְבֵן.** וּבִשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ז:יד) כְּתִיב ״אֲשֶׁר בְּהַעֲוֹתוֹ וְהוֹכַחְתִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים״, וּפִתְרוֹן: אִם יֶחֱטָא נֶגְדִּי אֲיַסְּרֶנּוּ עַל יָד כְּאָדָם שֶׁמְּיַסֵּר אֶת בְּנוֹ בְּשֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים, שֶׁהֵקִים לוֹ לְשָׂטָן אֶת רְזוֹן וְאֶת הֲדַד (מלכים א יא). וְעַל אוֹתוֹ פָּסוּק נוֹפֵל לוֹמַר **וְחַסְדִּי לֹא אָסִיר מִמֶּנּוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר הֲסִירוֹתִי מֵעִם שָׁאוּל שֶׁהָיָה לְפָנֶיךָ**, וּכְשֶׁפָּשַׁע לְפָנַי הֶעֱבַרְתִּי הַמְּלוּכָה מִמֶּנּוּ וּמִזַּרְעוֹ; בִּשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ז:טו) כְּתִיב ״מֵעִם שָׁאוּל״. וּמַה שֶּׁלֹּא נִכְתַּב כָּאן ״אֲשֶׁר בְּהַעֲוֹתוֹ וְגוֹ׳״ (שמואל ב ז:יד), מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹדוֹ שֶׁל דָּוִד, שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְדַבֵּר בָּזֶה הַסֵּפֶר שׁוּם זִילוּת לְבֵית דָּוִד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall be to him as a father, and he will be to Me as a son** And in Samuel (II 7:14), it is written: “... so that when he goes astray, I will chasten him with the rod of men.” The meaning is that if he sins against Me, I will chasten him immediately, as a man who chastens his son with a rod of men, insofar that He raised up against him as adversaries Rezon and Hadad, and on that verse, it is appropriate to say, “... and I shall not remove My loving kindness from him as I removed it from [Saul] who was before you,” and when he sinned before Me, I removed the kingdom from him and from his seed. In Samuel (ibid. 15) it is written: “from Saul.” The reason it is not written here: “so that when he goes astray, etc.” is because of David’s honor, for he does not wish to speak of this in this Book, because it is denigrating to the house of David.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:16:1
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**כִּי הֲבִיאֹתַנִי עַד הֲלֹם.** מִנְּוֵה רוֹעִים הֲבִיאֹתַנִי לַמַּלְכוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that You have brought me thus far** From the sheepcote you brought me to the kingdom.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:17:1
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**וַתִּקְטַן זֹאת בְּעֵינֶיךָ.** שֶׁנָּתַתָּ לִי הַמַּלְכוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As though this was yet too small a thing in Your eyes** that You gave me the kingdom.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:17:2
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**לְמֵרָחוֹק.** שֶׁהֶעֱמַדְתָּ אֶת מַלְכוּתִי לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקִים, שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ: ״וְהַעֲמַדְתִּיהוּ בְּבֵיתִי וּבְמַלְכוּתִי עַד עוֹלָם״ (דברי הימים א יז:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from afar** that You have established my kingdom until future times, for You said, “And I shall station him in My house and in My kingdom forever.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:17:3
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**וּרְאִיתַנִי כְּתוֹר הָאָדָם הַמַּעֲלָה.** שֶׁהִשְׁוִיתַנִי וְהוֹשַׁבְתַּנִי בְּשׁוּרוֹת הַגְּדוֹלִים; כְּלוֹמַר: קָטָן הָיִיתִי, וְהוֹשַׁבְתַּנִי בְּשׁוּרוֹת נְדִיבֵי עַמְּךָ, שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ לִי: **וְעָשִׂיתִי לְךָ שֵׁם** גָּדוֹל **כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדוֹלִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You have regarded me in the manner of a man of high degree** that You have equated me and placed me in the rows of the great; i.e., I was small, but You placed me in the row of the princes of Your people, for You said to me, “... and I have made for you a [great] name like the name of the great ones.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:17:4
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**כְּתוֹר.** פִּתְרוֹן: שׁוּרָה; וְדֻגְמָא בְּכִלְאַיִם (כלאים ב:ז): רֹאשׁ תּוֹר יָרָק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the manner** - Heb. כְּתוֹר. The meaning is a row, and an example is in Kilaim (2:7): “the point of a row (ראשּׁ תּוֹר) of vegetables.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:18:1
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**מַה יּוֹסִיף עוֹד דָּוִיד אֵלֶיךָ.** פִּתְרוֹן: מַה צֹרֶךְ עוֹד לְדָוִד לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What more need David [seek] You** The meaning is: What need is there more for David to seek you?


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:18:2
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**לְכָבוֹד אֶת עַבְדֶּךָ.** בִּשְׁבִיל לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּבוֹד לִי שֶׁאֲנִי עַבְדֶּךָ, וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ מֵאֵלֶיךָ; וּבִשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ז:כ) כְּתִיב ״וּמַה יּוֹסִיף דָּוִד עוֹד לְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֶת עַבְדְּךָ ה׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to have glory as Your servant** in order to do me honor, that I am Your servant, and You know by Yourself. In Samuel (II 7:20) it is written: “And what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:19:1
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**ה׳ בַּעֲבוּר עַבְדְּךָ.** כָּךְ מוּסָב פָּסוּק זֶה עַל הָעֶלְיוֹן, וְעַל כָּךְ **עָשִׂיתָ** לְהוֹדִיעֵנִי **אֶת כָּל הַגְּדוּלָּה הַזֹּאת** שֶׁהוֹדַעְתָּנִי, וְהַכֹּל מֵרְצוֹן לִבְּךָ לָכֵן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, for the sake of Your servant** This is connected to the preceding verse, as follows: And You did so much to let me know of all this greatness that You let me know, and all was from the desire of Your heart. Therefore...


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:20:1
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**ה׳ אֵין כָּמוֹךָ.** וְשֶׁמָּא תֹּאמַר: גָּדוֹל כְּמוֹהוּ אֵינוֹ, אֲבָל מְעַט קָטָן מִמֶּנּוּ יֵשׁ, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, there is none like You** Perhaps you will say that there is none as great as He, but there is one slightly smaller than He. Therefore. it says: “... and there is no god besides You.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:20:2
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**וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתֶךָ.** אֵין כָּמוֹךָ וְאֵין זוּלָתְךָ בָּאֱלֹהִים, אַף בָּעַמָּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is none like You, and there is no god besides You** even among the nations.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:20:3
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**בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְנוּ בְאָזְנֵינוּ.** כָּל יָמֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to all that we have heard with our ears** all our days.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:21:1
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**וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד.** מִמָּה הֵם מְיֻחָדִים מִכָּל הָעַמִּים? מִזֶּה **אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אֱלֹהִים** בְּעַצְמוֹ **לִפְדּוֹתָם לוֹ לְעָם**; כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב ״אֲנִי יוֹצֵא בְּתוֹךְ מִצְרַיִם״ (שמות יא:ד). מִזֶּה אָנוּ מְיֻחָדִים, שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה זֶה לְשׁוּם אֻמָּה בָּעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And who is like Your people Israel, one nation** And how are they singled out from all the nations? In this manner... **whom God went** by Himself. **to redeem for Himself a people** as a people, as it is written (Exod. 11:4): “I shall step forth in the midst of Egypt.” In this, we were singled out, that He did not do this to any nation in the world.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:21:2
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**לְגָרֵשׁ מִפְּנֵי עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר פָּדִיתָ מִמִּצְרַיִם גּוֹיִם.** וּלְפִי שֶׁאַתָּה יָחִיד בְּעוֹלָמְךָ וְעַמְּךָ מְיֻחָדִים מִכָּל אֹם, וּלְכָךְ נָאֶה לְךָ לָתֵת לָהֶם מֶלֶךְ הָגוּן וְגָדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to drive nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt** And since You are One in Your world, and Your people are singled out from all nations; therefore, it is fitting for You to give them a proper and great king.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:24:1
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**וְיֵאָמֵן וְיִגְדַּל שִׁמְךָ עַד עוֹלָם לֵאמֹר.** שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ: **ה׳ צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל**, וְגַם קִיֵּם דְּבָרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And may Your name be confirmed and magnified forever, saying** that they should say, “The Lord of Hosts, etc.,” and also His word endures.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:24:2
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**וּבֵית דָּוִד עַבְדְּךָ נָכוֹן לְפָנֶיךָ.** שֶׁדִּבַּרְתָּ **וְכִסְאוֹ יִהְיֶה נָכוֹן עַד עוֹלָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the house of David Your servant shall be established before You** that You spoke, (v. 14): “... and his throne shall be established forever.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:25:1
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**כִּי אַתָּה אֱלֹהַי גָּלִיתָ.** פִּתְרוֹן: וַדַּאי נָאֶה לְךָ לְאַמֵּן דְּבָרֶיךָ, כִּי אַתָּה בְּעַצְמְךָ **גָּלִיתָ אֹזֶן לִבְנוֹת** לִי **בַּיִת**; כְּדִכְתִיב **וָאַגִּיד לְךָ וּבַיִת יִבְנֶה לְּךָ ה׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For You, my God, have revealed** It is surely fitting for You to cause Your words to be realized, for You Yourself revealed to [my] ear to build me a house, as it is written: (v. 10): “and I told you and the Lord will build you a house.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:25:2
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**עַל כֵּן מָצָא עַבְדְּךָ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל לְפָנֶיךָ.** כְּלוֹמַר: אִם לֹא הָיִיתָ בְּעַצְמְךָ אוֹמֵר לִי לְהָבִיא עַל זַרְעִי הַטּוֹבוֹת הָאֵלֶּה, לֹא הָיָה עוֹלֶה עַל דַּעְתִּי לְבַקֵּשׁ, אֲשֶׁר מִי אֲנִי אֲשֶׁר הֲבִיאוֹתַנִי אֲפִלּוּ עַד הֲלוֹם (דברי הימים א יז:טז); אֲבָל הוֹאִיל שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ לְמַעַנְךָ לְהָבִיא לִי כָּל הַטּוֹבוֹת הַלָּלוּ, לְפִיכָךְ אֲנִי מִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁתְּאַמֵּן אֶת דְּבָרֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**therefore, Your servant has found [occasion] to pray before You** i.e., If You Yourself had not promised me to bring upon my seed these favors, it would not enter my mind to make supplication, for who am I that You have brought even this far, but since You said for Your sake to bring me all these favors, I therefore pray that You cause Your words to be realized.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:27:1
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**כִּי אַתָּה ה׳ בֵּרַכְתָּ.** כְּלוֹמַר: בֵּרַכְתַּנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for You, O Lord, have blessed** You have blessed me.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 17:27:2
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**וּמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם.** כְּלוֹמַר: וְ**עַבְדְּךָ** יְהֵא מְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [he shall be] blessed forever** That is to say, Your servant shall be blessed forever.