1 Chronicles 17:4

4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: ¹It is not you who will 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).

1 Chronicles 17:4 In-Context

2 And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you. ”

3 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,

4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.

5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

6 In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar? ”’

Cross References

• 1. 17:4 ch. 28:3