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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_samuel/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Go and tell my servant David, &#8216This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Go and say to My servant David, &#8216Thus says the LORD, &#8220Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Are you the one who would build Me a house to inhabit?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Should you be the one to build Me a house in which to dwell?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go to my servant David and say, ‘This is what the LORD says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go to My servant David and say, &#8216This is what the LORD says: Are you to build a house for Me to live in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />to go to David and give him this message: David, you are my servant, so listen to what I say. Why should you build a temple for me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Say to my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: Are you the one who will build me a house to live in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Go and tell my servant David that I say to him, 'You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Go tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: "'"Are you going to build a house for me to inhabit? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go, and you have said to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH: Do you build for Me a house for My dwelling in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah, Shalt thou build me an house for my resting?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the LORD: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house for me to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Go say to my Servant David: “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH, ‘You shall not build for me a house for my dwelling<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Go and tell My servant David: Thus saith the LORD: Shalt thou build Me a house for Me to dwell in?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/7-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=1710" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">God's Covenant with David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">My servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">that this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ha·’at·tāh (Art:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">Are you the one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: tiḇ·neh- (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">to build</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ḇa·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: lə·šiḇ·tî (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">to dwell in?</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-18.htm">1 Kings 8:18-19</a></span><br />But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. / Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-46.htm">Acts 7:46-47</a></span><br />who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. / But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-7.htm">1 Chronicles 22:7-8</a></span><br />“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, / but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm">1 Chronicles 28:2-3</a></span><br />Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it, / but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Isaiah 66:1-2</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1-5</a></span><br />A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, / how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: / “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/5-3.htm">1 Kings 5:3-5</a></span><br />“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. / But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis. / So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12-13</a></span><br />“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. / And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16</a></span><br />‘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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3-5</a></span><br />And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. / And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">1 Chronicles 17:11-14</a></span><br />And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a></span><br />This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm">Hebrews 1:5</a></span><br />For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Go and tell my servant David, Thus said the LORD, Shall you build me an house for me to dwell in?</p><p class="hdg">my servant David.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/5-3.htm">1 Kings 5:3</a></b></br> Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16-19</a></b></br> Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4</a></b></br> Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm">Build</a> <a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">Builder</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-21.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-18.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/7-7.htm">Build</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">Builder</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-10.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-4.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm">Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm">After by the word of God forbids him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm">David's prayer and thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Go and tell My servant David</b><br>This phrase highlights the direct communication from God to David through the prophet Nathan. David is referred to as "My servant," indicating his chosen status and special relationship with God. This reflects the biblical theme of God choosing leaders to fulfill His purposes, as seen with figures like Moses and Abraham. The use of a prophet to convey God's message underscores the role of prophets as God's mouthpieces in Israel.<p><b>that this is what the LORD says:</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the authority of the message, coming directly from the LORD, the covenant name of God, Yahweh. This divine communication is a hallmark of the prophetic tradition, where God's will is revealed to His people. It underscores the importance of obedience to God's word, as seen throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?</b><br>This rhetorical question addresses David's desire to build a temple for God, contrasting with God's plan. The "house" refers to a temple, a permanent dwelling place for the Ark of the Covenant, which until then resided in a tent. This question sets the stage for God's covenant with David, where God promises to establish David's dynasty rather than having David build a physical structure. This passage foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, who establishes a spiritual house, the Church. The question also reflects the biblical theme that God does not dwell in houses made by human hands, as seen in Solomon's later acknowledgment in <a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">1 Kings 8:27</a> and Stephen's speech in <a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-50</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, a man after God's own heart, who desires to build a temple for the Lord.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan.htm">Nathan</a></b><br>The prophet who receives God's message to deliver to David.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who communicates His will through Nathan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/house.htm">House</a></b><br>Refers to the temple David desires to build for God, symbolizing a permanent dwelling place for the Ark of the Covenant.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David reigns and where he plans to build the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_plans.htm">God's Sovereignty in Plans</a></b><br>God has a divine plan that may differ from our own desires. David's intention to build a temple was noble, but God had a different timeline and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_will.htm">Obedience to God's Will</a></b><br>Like David, we must be willing to submit our plans to God's will, trusting His wisdom and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_prophets_and_god's_word.htm">Role of Prophets and God's Word</a></b><br>Nathan's role highlights the importance of listening to God's messengers and being open to His guidance through Scripture and spiritual leaders.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_god's_promises.htm">Legacy and God's Promises</a></b><br>David's desire to build the temple was part of a larger promise God made to establish his lineage, showing that our actions can have lasting spiritual impacts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vs._physical_dwellings.htm">Spiritual vs. Physical Dwellings</a></b><br>While David focused on a physical temple, God emphasizes the importance of a spiritual relationship, foreshadowing the New Covenant where believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_can_solomon_build_the_temple,_not_david.htm">Why does God prohibit David from building the temple in 2 Samuel 7 yet allow Solomon to do so, raising questions of consistency in divine commands?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_david_build_the_temple.htm">Why was David forbidden from building the temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_17_and_2_sam_7.htm">How do we reconcile the differences between 1 Chronicles 17 and 2 Samuel 7 regarding the details of God’s covenant with David? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_you_believe_in_what_you_cannot_see.htm">What is Zion's significance in biblical prophecy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Shalt thou build?</span>--The question implies the negative, as it is expressed in <a href="/1_chronicles/17-5.htm" title="For I have not dwelled in an house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.">1Chronicles 17:5</a>, and as it is here translated in the LXX. and Syriac.<p>After David was told that he should not be allowed to build a temple for God as he desired, he is promised that God will make for him a sure house, and will accept the building of the temple from his son. David is called "my servant," an expression used only of those eminent and faithful in the service of God, as Moses and Joshua, thus showing--as in fact the whole message does--that the prohibition conveyed nothing of Divine displeasure; but no reason for it is here expressed.<span class= "note">[33]</span> But in, David's parting charge to Solomon (<a href="/1_chronicles/22-8.htm" title="But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build an house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.">1Chronicles 22:8</a>), and to the heads of the nation (<a href="/1_chronicles/28-3.htm" title="But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.">1Chronicles 28:3</a>), he says, "the word of the Lord came unto" him, giving as the reason, "because thou hast shed much blood on the earth," and "hast been a man of war." Those wars had been necessary, under the circumstances in which he was placed, and had never been disapproved of God; still the mere fact that he had been a man of blood unfitted him for this sacred office.<p><span class= "note">[33] Two reasons for the prohibition are found by nearly all commentators in this message itself. (1) That God must first build "a house "for David before he could properly build a temple for God; and (2) that the kingdom was not yet sufficiently established and peaceful for a temple to be built. But neither of these are assigned as reasons m the Divine word, and it is better to keep only to that which is assigned, however these other facts may convince us of the fitness and propriety of the postponement of David's purpose.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Shalt thou, etc.?</span> The question implies an answer in the negative; but there is no disapproval of David's purpose as such; but only the deferring of its full execution unto the days of his son. There is more than this. The idea which runs through the Divine message is that the dwelling of Jehovah in a tent was a fitting symbol of Israel's unquiet possession of the laud. It was David's mission to give them tranquillity and security in the region which they had conquered long ago, but wherein they had never hitherto been able to maintain their liberty unimpaired. Then, upon the accomplishment of David's special duty, his son, Shelomo, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the peaceful, was to build the solid temple, as the proof that Jehovah had now taken permanent possession of the land. We find also a further thought, namely, that the building of the temple signified "the making for David of a house." In its full significance this means that the tribe of Judah and the lineage of David were now chosen by God as the ancestors of the Messiah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/7-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Go</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tell</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My servant</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Are you the one</span><br /><span class="heb">הַאַתָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(ha·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to build</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּבְנֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(tiḇ·neh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for Me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">a house</span><br /><span class="heb">בַ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(ḇa·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to dwell in?</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šiḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/7-5.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 7:5 Go and tell my servant David Thus (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>