2 Samuel 7:5

5 «Ve y dile a mi siervo David: “Esto ha declarado el Señor
: ¿acaso eres tú el que me debe construir una casa en la que yo viva?

2 Samuel 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:5

Go and tell my servant David
The Lord speaks very honourably and respectfully of him, owns him to be his servant in other things, though he did not choose to employ him in this; and though he was not the person, nor this the time, to build the house of the Lord, yet, as he showed a good will towards it, so far it was acceptable to God:

thus saith the Lord, shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
no, thou shalt not, as appears from ( 1 Chronicles 17:4 ) ; which seems to be expressed with much spirit, and some degree of resentment, to resolve on such a work, without seeking to know his mind in it. Eupolemus ^F21 an Heathen, confirms this account, only instead of a prophet he speaks of an angel, whose name he says was Dinnathan, who, when David was desirous of building a temple for God, and very anxious to be shown the place where the altar was to be erected, this angel appeared to him; and, though he showed him the place for the altar, forbad him building it, because he was polluted with human blood, and had been engaged in wars many years, and bid him leave the building of it to his son.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 30. p. 447.

2 Samuel 7:5 In-Context

3 Natán le respondió al rey:
—Adelante, haz todo lo que tienes pensado porque el Señor
está contigo.

4 Pero esa misma noche el Señor
le dijo a Natán:

5 «Ve y dile a mi siervo David: “Esto ha declarado el Señor
: ¿acaso eres tú el que me debe construir una casa en la que yo viva?

6 Desde el día en que saqué a los israelitas de Egipto hasta hoy, nunca he vivido en una casa. Siempre fui de un lugar a otro con una carpa y un tabernáculo como mi morada.

7 Sin embargo, dondequiera que fui con los israelitas, ni una sola vez me quejé ante los jefes de las tribus de Israel, los pastores de mi pueblo Israel. Nunca les pregunté: ‘¿Por qué no me han construido una hermosa casa de cedro?’”.