2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?
World English Bible
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
4That same night, the LORD’s word came to Nathan, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day that I brought 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.’
1 Chronicles 22:7David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.
1 Chronicles 28:3But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have 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 →