1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
In Context
3But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:19But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.
2 Chronicles 6:9But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
Romans 11:33O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
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 →