Bible verse
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
2 Samuel 7:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Samuel 7.
1 After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
3 And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
5 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
6 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
7 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
8 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.
9 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 my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
ASV
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
ERV
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
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