2 Samuel 7:6

God's Covenant with David

6 "For I have not dwelt in a house g since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in h a tent and in a tabernacle.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 5:3
    You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the LORD put his foes under the soles of his feet.
    1 Kings 5:4
    But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.
    1 Kings 8:19
    'Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.'
    1 Chronicles 22:8
    But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 18:1
    Now the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.
    1 Kings 8:16
    'Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.'
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