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1 Chronicles 17:6

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

5 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.

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:

8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

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BSB
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
KJV
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?
WEB
In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”’
ASV
In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?
DARBY
In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?
BLB
In all where I have walked among all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to one of the leaders of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you⁺ not built for Me a house of cedars?’
ÅB
Hvor jeg så vandret om i hele Israel, har jeg vel nogensinne talt slik til noen av Israels dommere, som jeg satte til å vokte mitt folk: Hvorfor har dere ikke bygget meg et hus av sedertre?
OTB
Hvor jeg enn har vandret med hele Israel,
har jeg talt et ord med noen av Israels dommere,
som jeg befalte å vokte mitt folk, og sagt,
“Hvorfor har dere ikke bygd meg et hus av sedertre?”’
B1930
Hvor jeg så vandret om i hele Israel, har jeg vel nogensinne talt således til nogen av Israels dommere, som jeg satte til å vokte mitt folk: Hvorfor har I ikke bygget mig et hus av sedertre?

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 7:7

    In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:2

    And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

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  • Numbers 10:33–36

    And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

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  • Judges 2:16–18

    Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

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  • Ezekiel 34:2

    Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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  • Micah 5:4

    And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

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  • Psalms 78:71–72

    From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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  • Deuteronomy 23:14

    For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

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