2 Samuel 7:5

Contextual Overview

⁴But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: ⁴ It happened the same night, that the word of the LORD came to Natan, saying, ⁴ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, ⁴ But it happened that night, the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, ⁴ But that night the Lord spoke his word to Nathan, ⁴ That night the Lord told Nathan, ⁴But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ But in the same night, the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, ⁴ And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying,

Bible Verse Review
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my servant David: Heb. to my servant, to David

Shalt: 1 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 8:16-19, 1 Chronicles 17:4, 1 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Chronicles 22:8, 1 Chronicles 23:3-32

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - an habitation 1 Kings 3:6 - thy servant 1 Kings 8:15 - which spake 1 Kings 8:19 - General 1 Chronicles 28:3 - Thou shalt Isaiah 66:1 - where is the house John 10:35 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Thus Noach did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.

Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 6:22
And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; thus he did.

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded him.

Genesis 6:22
And Noah did all that God commanded him—he did indeed.

Genesis 6:22
So Noah did this; according to all that God commanded him, that is what he did.

Genesis 6:22
So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.

Genesis 6:22
Noah therefore did according vnto all, that God commanded him: euen so did he.

Genesis 6:22
Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything the Lord told him to do.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Go and tell my servant David,.... The Lord speaks very honourably and respectfully of him, owns him to be his servant in other things, though he did not choose to employ him in this; and though he was not the person, nor this the time, to build the house of the Lord, yet, as he showed a good will towards it, so far it was acceptable to God:

thus saith the Lord, shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? no, thou shalt not, as appears from 1 Chronicles 17:4; which seems to be expressed with much spirit, and some degree of resentment, to resolve on such a work, without seeking to know his mind in it. Eupolemus u an Heathen, confirms this account, only instead of a prophet he speaks of an angel, whose name he says was Dinnathan, who, when David was desirous of building a temple for God, and very anxious to be shown the place where the altar was to be erected, this angel appeared to him; and, though he showed him the place for the altar, forbad him building it, because he was polluted with human blood, and had been engaged in wars many years, and bid him leave the building of it to his son.

u Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 30. p. 447.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 7:5. Shalt thou build me a house — That is, Thou shalt not: this is the force of the interrogative in such a case.