2 Samuel 7:5
Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3Thou knowest the will of David my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings 8:16Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon: My son, it was my desire to have built a house to the name of the Lord my God.
1 Chronicles 28:3And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name: because thou art a man of war, and hast 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 →