World English Bible
2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 7
3
Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.
4
It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
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For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
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In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
About 2 Samuel
David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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