2 Samuel 7:5

2 Samuel 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
• New International Version (NIV)“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

Context of 2 Samuel 7:5

3“Go, do all that is in your heart,” Nathan said to the king, “for Adonai is with you.” 4But it came to pass the same night that the word of Adonai came to Nathan saying: “Go, tell My servant David: Thus says Adonai: Are you to build Me a house for Me to dwell in? 6Since the day that I brought up the children of Israel from Egypt to this day I have not dwelt in a house, but have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. 7In all My journeying among all the children of Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’

2 Samuel 7:5 word by word

לֵ֤ךְ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־עַבְדִּ֣י אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הַאַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־לִּ֥י בַ֖יִת לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and tellאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• my servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Shalt thou buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• me an houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• for me to dwell inיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 7:5

• 1 Kings 5:310 fat oxen, 20 pasture-fed oxen, 100 sheep, beside deer, gazelles, roebucks and fatted geese.
• 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out from Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a House where My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
• 1 Chronicles 17:4“Go and tell David My servant, thus says Adonai, ‘You are not to build Me a house in which to dwell.
• 1 Chronicles 22:7David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a House for the name of Adonai my God.
• 1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites 30 years old or more were counted; their head count was 38,000 men.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Shalt thou build me a house - That is, Thou shalt not: this is the force of the interrogative in such a case.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-17Verses 4-17 Blessings are promised to the family and posterity of David. These promises relate to Solomon, David's immediate successor, and the royal line of Judah. But they also relate to Christ, who is often called David and the Son of David. To him God gave all power in heaven and earth, with authority to execute judgment. He was to build the gospel temple, a house for God's name; the spiritual temple of true believers, to be a habitation of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Are you the one?: God wanted someone to build a house for him, but David was not the right person.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-174-17. it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan--The command was given to the prophet on the night immediately following; that is, before David could either take any measures or incur any expenses.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 7:5

• Nathan
• Prophets
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 7

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings