1 Chronicles 17:3
But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
In Context
2And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.
4Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:
Cross References
2 Kings 20:1In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.
Amos 3:7Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:2-16
God's Promise to David. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in… Read the whole commentary →