2 Samuel 7:5

Good News Translation

“Go and tell my servant David that I say to him, ‘You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night the Lord said to Nathan,

1 Kings 5:17

At King Solomon's command they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.

1 Kings 6:12

“If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell my servant David that I say to him, ‘You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

but he has forbidden me to do it, because I am a soldier and have shed too much blood.

Proverbs 16:1

We may make our plans, but God has the last word.

Isaiah 66:1

The Lord says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house, then, could you build for me, what kind of place for me to live in?