Bible verse
“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.
1 Chronicles 17:4 · BSB
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.
8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
KJV
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
ASV
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
ERV
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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