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1 Chronicles 17:5

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1 Chronicles 17:5 — Meaning and Application

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" For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. "

1 Chronicles 17:5

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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

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From This Chapter

1 Chronicles 17:1

"Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains."

1 Chronicles 17:2

"Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee."

1 Chronicles 17:3

"And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"

1 Chronicles 17:4

"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:"

1 Chronicles 17:6

"Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?"

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