World English Bible
2 Samuel 7:6
“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.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 7
It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,
Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
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.
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?
Now therefore you shall tell my servant David this, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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