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1 Chronicles 17:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

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

5 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.

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?

7 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?"

1 Chronicles 17:7

"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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