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2 Samuel 7:5

David

3 And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?

6 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

7 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

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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
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
KJV
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
WEB
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?
ASV
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
DARBY
Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
BLB
“Go and say unto My servant, to David, thus says YHWH: Would you build for Me a house to dwell in?
ÅB
Gå og si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren: Skulle du bygge meg et hus til å bo i?
OTB
"Gå og si til min tjener David: ‘Så sier Herren: Er det du som skal bygge meg et hus å bo i?
B1930
Gå og si til min tjener David: Så sier Herren: Skulde du bygge mig et hus til å bo i?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 5:3–4

    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:7–8

    “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:3–32

    The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.

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  • 1 Kings 8:16–19

    ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:4

    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

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