1 Chronicles 17:5

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 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.

⁶ 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?

⁷ Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
KJV: 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.
WEB: for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.
ASV: for I have not dwelt in a 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].
DARBY: for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].
BLB: For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought up Israel [out of Egypt], even to this day, and I have been from tent to tent, and from the Dwelling Place.

ÅB: Jeg har jo ikke bodd i hus fra den dag jeg førte Israel opp, og til denne dag, men jeg vandret fra telt til telt og fra tabernakel til tabernakel[^1].
OTB: For jeg har ikke bodd i et hus siden den dagen jeg førte Israel opp til denne dag,
men jeg har gått fra telt til telt, og fra ett bosted til et annet.
B1930: Jeg har jo ikke bodd i hus fra den dag jeg førte Israel op, og til denne dag, men jeg vandret fra telt til telt og fra tabernakel til tabernakel. / < idet tabernaklet blev flyttet fra et sted til et annet.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 7:6
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.
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Isaiah 66:1–2
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
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1 Kings 8:16
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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Exodus 40:2–3
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
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2 Chronicles 2:6
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
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1 Kings 8:4
And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
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Acts 7:44–50
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
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2 Samuel 6:17
And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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