2 Samuel 7:6
for I have not dwelt in a house since the day 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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5'Go and tell My servant David: Thus saith the LORD: Shalt thou build Me a house for Me to dwell in?
Cross References
Exodus 33:14And He said: 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.'
Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Leviticus 26:23And if in spite of these things ye will not be corrected unto Me, but will walk contrary unto Me;
Numbers 10:33And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.
Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
1 Kings 8:16Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.
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 →