1 Chronicles 17:3

3 It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Natan, saying,

1 Chronicles 17:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:3

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

1 Chronicles 17:3 In-Context

1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Natan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [dwells] under curtains.

2 Natan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.

3 It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Natan, saying,

4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to dwell in:

5 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Yisra'el, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].