1 Chronicles 17:4

Go thou, and speak to David, my servant, (and say), The Lord saith these things, Thou shalt not build to me an house to dwell in (or Thou shalt not built a House for me to live in);

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

3Therefore in that night (or But in that night), the word of the Lord was made to Nathan, and (he) said,

5certainly I have not dwelled in an house, from that time in which I led Israel out of the land of Egypt till to this day, but ever [more] I have changed places of the tabernacle, and have dwelled in a tent with all Israel. (truly I have not lived in a House, from that time in which I led Israel out of the land of Egypt unto this day, but always I have gone from place to place, and have lived in a tabernacle, yea, a tent, like all Israel.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:19nevertheless thou shalt not build an house to me, but thy son, that shall go out of thy reins, he shall build an house to my name. (but thou shalt not build a House for me, but thy son, who shall go out of thy loins, he shall build a House in honour of my name.)

1 Chronicles 28:2And when the king had risen, and stood up, he said, My brethren and my people, hear ye me. I thought for to build an house, wherein the ark of [the] bond of peace of the Lord (or where the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord), and the stool of the feet of our God, should rest; and I have made ready all things to build it.

2 Chronicles 6:9but yet thou shalt not build an house to me; nevertheless the son, that shall go out of thy loins, he shall build an house to my name. (but yet thou shalt not build a House for me; but the son, who shall go out of thy loins, he shall build a House in honour of my name.)

Romans 11:33O! the highness of the riches of the wisdom and of the cunning, (or the knowing, or the knowledge), of God [+or O! the depth of the riches of wisdom and cunning of God]; how incomprehensible be his dooms (or how incomprehensible be his judgements), and his ways be unsearchable.

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 →

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