1 Chronicles 17:6

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6 "In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word ¹with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?' "'

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1 Chronicles 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:6

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1 Chronicles 17:6 In-Context

4 "Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD , "You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

5 for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

6 "In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built for 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 leader over My people Israel.

8 "I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

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1. 2 Samuel 7:7