2 Samuel 7:5
“Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
In Context
4But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3“You know the will of my father David, and that he was not able to build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were imminent all around him, until the Lord set them under the steps of his feet.
1 Kings 8:16‘From the day when I led my people Israel away from Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built, and so that my name might be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon: “My son, it was my will that I build a house to the name of the Lord my God.
1 Chronicles 28:3But God said to me: ‘You shall not build a house to my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.’
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:5-18
God's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1042.) 4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord , Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of… Read the whole commentary →