What does 2 Samuel 7:4-7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
Go and tell my servanta David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?