1 Chronicles 17:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Davids Purpose to Build a Temple is Hindered by Nathan; God's Promise to him; his Prayer (see notes on 2 Samuel 7). 1 Chronicles 17:1 . in his house: the words in 2 Samuel 7:1 , and the Lord h...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Thou Shalt not build, or, "Thou art not he who shall build. " an . the.
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's desire to build the Temple disallowed This chapter is almost identical with 2 Samuel 7:1-29 .
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

David my servant. — Samuel, “unto my servant, unto David.” Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in. — Rather, It is not thou that shalt build me the house to dwell in. Samuel, interrogati...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The presence of the Ark in the city seems to have created in David the desire to provide for it a permanent and more worthy resting place. He declared his desire to Nathan. The prophet, acting withou...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But, Reader, if we pause to admire the conduct of Nathan, what a pause of admiration ought we to make here, in contemplating the goodness, the grace, the condescension, (what shall I call it) the ast...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

See Gill "1Ch 17:1".
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Promise to David. B. C. 1042. 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, th...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter coincides with 2 Samuel 7 —records David’s purpose to build a house for God ( 1 Chronicles 17:1-2 ), and Nathan’s approval. God refuses to permit this, promises a perpe...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . In a temporal view the promise made to David, that his house should for ever fill the throne of Israel, must be regarded as a branch of the great national covenant, and consequently su...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house. The king’s proposal I. David’s proposal. 1. A noble purpose. 2. A generous purpose. 3. A purpose commended by the prophet. II. God’s...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is paralleled by 2 Samuel 7:1-10 ; and the parallel is for the most part very close. The purport of the two accounts may be said to be identical, while the variations of...
1 Chronicles 17:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Forbidden to Build God a House
1 Chronicles 17:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:7 ; 1 Chronicles 22:8 ; 1 Chronicles 28:2 ; 1 Chronicles 28:3 ; 1 Kings 8:19 ; 2 Chronicles 6:8 ; 2 Chronicles 6:9 ; 2 Samuel 7:4 ; 2 Samuel 7:5 ; Isaiah 55:8 ; Isaiah 55:9...

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 17:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Chronicles 17:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 17:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge