2 Samuel 7:5
Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
4And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
1 Kings 8:16From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon, My child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God.
1 Chronicles 28:3but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for 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 →