2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and tell my servant David, This is what the Lord says: Should you be the one to build a house for me to live in?
Free Bible 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 that night the Lord spoke to Nathan and told him,
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3“As you know, my father David was not able to build a Temple to honor the Lord his God because of the wars fought against him from every direction, until the Lord had conquered his enemies.
1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt I have not chosen any town of the tribes of Israel as the place to build a Temple to honor me. But I have chosen David as king over my people Israel.’
1 Chronicles 22:7David told Solomon, “My son, I had always wanted to build a house to honor the Lord my God.
1 Chronicles 28:3But God told me, ‘You are not to build a house to honor me because you are a man of war who has spilled 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 →