2 Samuel 7:5
'Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?
Young's Literal Translation
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 cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 5:3'Thou hast known David my father, that he hath not been able to build a house to the name of Jehovah his God, because of the wars that have been round about him, till Jehovah's putting them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings 8:16From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house for My name being there; and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
1 Chronicles 22:7and David saith to Solomon his son, 'As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,
1 Chronicles 28:3and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou [art], and blood thou hast shed.
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 →