Bible verse

1 Chronicles 17:3

But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

1 Chronicles 17:3 · BSB

1 Chronicles 17:3 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Chronicles 17.

1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

2 And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

4 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.

6 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

7 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

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1 Chronicles 17:3 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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