1 Chronicles 17:5

I have not lived in a house from the time I led Israel out of Egypt until now. I have lived in tents, moving from place to place.

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In The King James Version

For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

In Context

4“Go and talk to my servant David. Tell him, this is what the Lord says: You are not to build a house for me to live in.

6But in all those travels with all of Israel did I ever ask any Israelite leader I'd ordered to take care of my people, ‘Why haven't you built a cedar house for me?’

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:17They brought the Ark of the Lord and put it in its place inside the tent that David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and friendship offerings before the Lord.

1 Kings 8:4The priests and Levites carried them up.

1 Kings 8:27But will God really live here on earth? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:5‘Ever since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a town from any tribe of Israel where a Temple could be built to honor me, and I have not chosen anyone to be ruler over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:18But will God really live here on earth among people? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!

Acts 7:44Our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony in the desert. God had told Moses how he should make it following the blueprint he had seen.

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 →

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