Thou Shalt not build, or, "Thou art not he who shall build. "
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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...
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. No JFB commentary on these verses.
David's desire to build the Temple disallowed This chapter is almost identical with 2 Samuel 7:1-29 .
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 bu...
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 declare...
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,...
See Gill "1Ch 17:1".
God's Promise to David. B. C. 1042. 1...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 appr...
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 o...
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....
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 ma...
David Forbidden to Build God a House
Go and tell David, My servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build Me an house to dwell in;
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...
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: