2 Samuel 7:5

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““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?”

What this verse means

Read 2 Samuel 7:5 in the flow of 2 Samuel7 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 2 Samuel7 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

““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?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 7:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 5:3“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
  2. 1 Kings 5:17And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
  3. 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
  4. 1 Chronicles 17:4“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. 1 Chronicles 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
  6. 1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
  7. 1 Chronicles 28:3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
  8. Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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