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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/17.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/1_chronicles/17.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Go and tell my servant David, &#8216This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go and tell David My servant, ‘This is what the LORD says: “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Go and tell David My servant, &#8216Thus says the LORD, &#8220You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Go and say to David My servant, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You shall not build Me a house to inhabit;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the LORD, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go to David my servant and say, ‘This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go to David My servant and say, &#8216This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />to go to David and tell him: David, you are my servant, so listen carefully: You are not the one to build a temple for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Say to David, my servant, 'This is what the LORD says: You must not build this house for me to live in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/17.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/1_chronicles/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Go tell David, my servant, 'This is what the Lord says: "'"You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: "You must not build me a house in which to live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go, and you have said to My servant David, Thus said YHWH: You do not build for Me the house to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go and say to David my servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou shalt not build to me a house to dwell in:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD: It is not you who are to build the house for me to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the LORD: You shall not build me a house to live in.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go and thus say to my servant David, You shall not build me a house to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Go and say thus to my Servant David: thus says LORD JEHOVAH, you shall not build for me a house to dwell in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Go and tell David My servant: Thus saith the LORD: Thou shalt not build Me a house to dwell in;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/17-4.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/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=4973" 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/1_chronicles/17.htm">God's Covenant with David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying, <span class="reftext">4</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/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (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: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: tiḇ·neh- (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">the one to build</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: lā·šā·ḇeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">in which to dwell.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to 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="/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5</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="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-19.htm">1 Kings 8:19</a></span><br />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/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47-50</a></span><br />But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. / However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a></span><br />He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.<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/8-17.htm">1 Kings 8:17-18</a></span><br />Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-7.htm">2 Chronicles 6:7-9</a></span><br />Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. / 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="/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="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24</a></span><br />The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm">2 Samuel 7:11-12</a></span><br />and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you. / And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm">1 Kings 8:20</a></span><br />Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-7.htm">2 Chronicles 22:7-10</a></span><br />Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. / So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. / Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom. ...<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="/matthew/12-6.htm">Matthew 12:6</a></span><br />But I tell you that One greater than the temple is here.</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 David my servant, Thus said the LORD, You shall not build me an house to dwell in:</p><p class="hdg">tell</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8,9</a></b></br> For my thoughts <i>are</i> not your thoughts, neither <i>are</i> your ways my ways, saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33,34</a></b></br> O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable <i>are</i> his judgments, and his ways past finding out! … </p><p class="hdg">Thou shalt not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/22-7.htm">1 Chronicles 22:7,8</a></b></br> And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm">1 Chronicles 28:2,3</a></b></br> Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: <i>As for me</i>, I <i>had</i> in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm">2 Samuel 7:4,5</a></b></br> And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/14-1.htm">Build</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-2.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-7.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-13.htm">Servant</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/17-10.htm">Build</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-7.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-1.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-7.htm">Servant</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-3.htm">after by the word of God forbids him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-16.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/1_chronicles/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Go and tell My servant David</b><br>This phrase highlights the personal relationship between God and David, emphasizing David's role as a chosen servant. David is often seen as a type of Christ, a shepherd-king who prefigures Jesus. The term "servant" underscores humility and obedience, qualities that are central to David's character and his relationship with God. This phrase also reflects the prophetic role of Nathan, who is tasked with delivering God's message, similar to how prophets throughout the Old Testament conveyed God's will to His people.<p><b>that this is what the LORD says:</b><br>This introduction to God's message underscores the authority and divine origin of the words that follow. It is a common prophetic formula used throughout the Old Testament, indicating that the message is not from the prophet himself but from God. This phrase establishes the seriousness and importance of the communication, as it comes directly from the LORD, the covenant name of God, which signifies His eternal and unchanging nature.<p><b>You are not the one to build Me a house</b><br>Here, God clarifies that David is not chosen to build the temple, despite his desire to do so. This decision is significant in the biblical narrative, as it sets the stage for Solomon, David's son, to construct the temple. The "house" refers to a physical temple, a central place of worship for Israel. This decision also reflects God's sovereign plan and timing, showing that while David's intentions were good, God's purposes and plans are higher.<p><b>in which to dwell.</b><br>The concept of God dwelling among His people is central to the biblical narrative. In the Old Testament, the tabernacle and later the temple served as the physical manifestation of God's presence with Israel. However, this phrase also points to the future reality of God dwelling with His people through Jesus Christ, who is described in the New Testament as the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>). Ultimately, it foreshadows the eschatological promise of God dwelling with humanity in the new creation (<a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</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 desired to build a temple for the Lord.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan.htm">Nathan</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's message to David, serving as a mediator between God and the king.<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 to David through Nathan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The proposed house of worship that David intended to build for the Lord, which would later be constructed by his son Solomon.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David reigned and where the temple would eventually be built.<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's plans may differ from our desires, even when our intentions are good. We must trust His wisdom and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_prophets.htm">Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Nathan play a crucial role in communicating God's will. We should seek and value godly counsel in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_over_ambition.htm">Obedience Over Ambition</a></b><br>David's response to God's directive shows humility and obedience. We should prioritize God's commands over our personal ambitions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_god's_promises.htm">Legacy and God's Promises</a></b><br>Though David was not to build the temple, God promised to establish his lineage. Our faithfulness can impact future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence.htm">God's Presence</a></b><br>The temple was a symbol of God's presence, but He is not confined to buildings. We should seek His presence in our daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_builds_the_house_if_not_the_lord.htm">Who builds the house if not the Lord?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_when_god_says_no.htm">What does it mean when God says no?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_visit_the_'lord's_house'.htm">Psalm 122:1: How could David have gone to the “house of the LORD” if the temple was built later under Solomon? </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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">David my servant.</span>--Samuel, "unto my servant, unto David."<p><span class= "bld">Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell</span> <span class= "bld">in.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">It is not thou that shalt build me the house to dwell in.</span> Samuel, interrogatively, implying a negation, "Wilt <span class= "ital">thou</span> build me a house for me to dwell in?" The chronicler, thinking of the famous Temple of Solomon, writes, "<span class= "ital">the</span> house."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 4-15.</span> - These verses are the unfolding to David of the magnificent and far-stretching purposes of God's grace towards him in his son Solomon and his descendants for ever. The revelation is made by the mouth of Nathan. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - Thou shalt not build. The Hebrew marks the personal pronoun here as emphatic," Not <span class="accented">thou</span> shalt build," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> but some one else. In the parallel this prohibition is conveyed by that interrogative particle which expects the answer No, and may be thus translated: "Is it thou shalt build for me," etc.? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/17-4.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">וְאָמַרְתָּ֙</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">עַבְדִּ֔י</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">דָּוִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</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">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">are not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the one 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">a house</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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">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">to dwell in.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשָֽׁבֶת׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·šā·ḇeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<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/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 17:4 Go and tell David my servant Thus (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 17:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 17:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 17:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 17:5" /></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>