1 Chronicles 17:4

1 Chronicles 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
• New International Version (NIV)“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.

Context of 1 Chronicles 17:4

2Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” 3But it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in. 5For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6Wherever I have moved about with all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar–’ ” ’

1 Chronicles 17:4 word by word

לֵ֤ךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֣יד עַבְדִּ֔י כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֥א אַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־לִּ֥י הַבַּ֖יִת לָשָֽׁבֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and tellאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• my servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Thou shalt not buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• me an houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• to dwell inיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:4

• Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
• 1 Chronicles 22:7And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God;
• 1 Chronicles 28:2Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
• 2 Samuel 7:4But it happened that night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
• 1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’
• 2 Chronicles 6:8But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15David wanted to build a home for the ark as grand as his palace, but the Lord chose David’s heir, Solomon (1 Chronicles 22), to build the temple. Jerusalem was to be the only place of worship for all Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101Ch 17:1-10. David Forbidden to Build God a House. 1. as David sat in his house--The details of this chapter were given in nearly similar terms (2Sa 7:1-29). The date was towards the latter end of David's reign, for it is expressly said in the former book to have been at the cessation of all his wars. But as to narrate the preparations for the removal of the ark and the erection of the temple was the principal object of the historian, the exact chronology…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 17:4

• Nathan

In the dictionaries

• David
• Settle
• Subdue
• Accommodation
• Chronicles, Books of
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Dwell
• Genealogy
• Nathan (1)
• Port; Porter

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings