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1 Chronicles 17:4

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4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
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1 Chronicles 17:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
ESV
4 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.
NLT
4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.
MSG
4 "Go and tell my servant David, This is God's word on the matter: You will not build me a 'house' to live in.
CSB
4 "Go to David My servant and say, 'This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 17:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:4

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 In-Context

2 Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.”
3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another.
6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:3
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