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1 Chronicles 17:4

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“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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

KJV

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He must prepare for it, but not do it; as Moses must bring Israel within sight of Canaan, but must them leave it to Joshua to put them in possession of it. It is the prerogative of Christ to be both the author and finisher of his work. Yet David must not think that, because he was not permitted to build the temple, 1.

This site's exposition

You are not the one to build Me a house

on 1 Chronicles 17:4-6

One word differs at verse 6. Where the Hebrew of 2 Sam 7:7 has the tribes of Israel, the Hebrew here has the judges of Israel. Older commentators read the change as a scribal shift between two similar Hebrew words or as a narrowing to the period's rulers.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לֵ֤ךְgo

    lekhH1980 →1546 times

  • וְאָמַרְתָּ֙and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • דָּוִ֣ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • עַבְדִּ֔יservant my

    ʾavdiH5650 →799 times

  • כֹּ֖הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • אַתָּ֛הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • תִּבְנֶה־you will build

    tivneh-H1129 →376 times

  • לִּ֥יfor me

    li

  • הַבַּ֖יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • לָשָֽׁבֶת׃to dwell in

    lashavetH3427 →1079 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.’5 works1 Chronicles 28:2–3Then 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,4 works1 Kings 8:19Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’3 works2 Samuel 7:4–5But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,3 worksIsaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.3 works2 Chronicles 6:8–9But 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.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Romans 11:33–34O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!2 works1 Chronicles 22:7–8“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,2 works2 Chronicles 6:9Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’2 works2 Samuel 7:5“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?2 worksDeuteronomy 3:26But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:19

    Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:8–10

      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…

    • 2 Samuel 7:5

      “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?

    • 1 Chronicles 28:6

      And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.

    • 1 Chronicles 17:11–12

      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.

    • 2 Samuel 7:12–13

      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.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 17 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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