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1 Chronicles 17:6

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

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ASV

In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

KJV

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
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דִּבַּ֗רְתִּיdi.Bar.tidid I speakH1696 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
אַחַד֙'a.Chadone ofH259 →
שֹׁפְטֵ֣יsho.fe.Tei[the] judges ofH8199 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhomH834 →
צִוִּ֛יתִיtzi.Vi.tiI commandedH6680 →
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עַמִּ֖י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לָ֛מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
בְנִיתֶ֥םve.ni.Temhave you builtH1129 →
לִ֖יlifor me
בֵּ֥יתbeita house ofH1004 →
אֲרָזִֽים׃'a.ra.Zimcedar<s>H730 →

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2 Samuel 7:7In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’Numbers 10:33–36So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.1 Chronicles 11:2Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”Jeremiah 23:4I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.Exodus 33:14–15And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.1 Samuel 12:11So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”Leviticus 26:11–12And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.Judges 2:16–18Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.Exodus 40:35–38Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Deuteronomy 23:14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.Psalms 78:71–72from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”Acts 13:20All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

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