1 Chronicles 17:4
“Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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
3That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king stood up on his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
2 Chronicles 6:9nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
Romans 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past tracing out!
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 →