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2 Samuel 7:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. "

2 Samuel 7:6

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4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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

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1 Chronicles 17:5-6

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From This Chapter

2 Samuel 7:1

"And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;"

2 Samuel 7:2

"That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains."

2 Samuel 7:3

"And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee."

2 Samuel 7:4

"And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,"

2 Samuel 7:5

"Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?"

2 Samuel 7:7

"In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?"

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