"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:" — 1 Chronicles 17:4

1 Chronicles 17:4 · KJV

“Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:”

— 1 Chronicles 17:4

And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from {one} tabernacle {to another}. {have gone: Heb. have been}

1 Chronicles 17 — Context

Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that {is} in thine heart; for God {is} with thee.

And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from {one} tabernacle {to another}. {have gone: Heb. have been}

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:2-3

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: {As for me}, I {had} in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

2 Samuel 7:4-5

And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

Isaiah 55:8-9

For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22:7-8

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

Romans 11:33-34

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable {are} his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

2 Chronicles 6:8-9

But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

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