According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God's kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, Ch1 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 17:1-15
According to all . . . this vision--The revelation of the divine will was made to the prophet in a dream.
1Ch 17:11-16 In 1Ch 17:11, עם־אבתיך ללכת, “to go with thy fathers,” used of going the way of death, is similar to “to go the way of all the world” (1Ki 2:2), and is more primitive than the more usual אבות עם שׁכב (2Sa 7:12).
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 17:11-16