1 Chronicles 17:5

5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, ¹but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

1 Chronicles 17:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:5

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

1 Chronicles 17:5 In-Context

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? ”’

7 Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel,

Cross References

• 1. 17:5 [2 Sam. 7:6]