1 Chronicles 17:4
“Go, and you have said to My servant David, Thus said YHWH: You do not build for Me the house to dwell in.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
In Context
3And it comes to pass on that night that a word of God is to Nathan, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:19only, you do not build the house, but your son who is coming out from your loins, he builds the house for My Name.
1 Chronicles 28:2And David the king rises on his feet and says, “Hear me, my brothers and my people, I [had it] with my heart to build a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, and for the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build,
2 Chronicles 6:9but you do not build the house, for your son who comes forth out from your loins, he builds the house for My Name.
Romans 11:33O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
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 →