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2 Samuel 7:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in? "

2 Samuel 7:5

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3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

4 That same night, the LORD’s word came to Nathan, saying,

5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?

6 For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to anyone from 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?’”’

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1 Chronicles 17:4

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"“Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;"

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1 Kings 5:5

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"Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’"

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1 Chronicles 22:7

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"David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God."

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"“Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel."

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2 Chronicles 6:8

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"But the LORD said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;"

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2 Samuel 24:12

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"“Go and speak to David, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”"

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2 Samuel 7:1

"When the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all around,"

2 Samuel 7:2

"the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”"

2 Samuel 7:3

"Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”"

2 Samuel 7:4

"That same night, the LORD’s word came to Nathan, saying,"

2 Samuel 7:6

"For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle."

2 Samuel 7:7

"In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to anyone from 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?’”’"

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