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2 Samuel 7:5

David

3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

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

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an 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 Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an 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

    Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

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  • 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:

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:3–32

    Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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  • 1 Kings 8:16–19

    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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  • 1 Chronicles 17:4

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

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