2 Samuel 7:5

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
tell	וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
servant	עַבְדִּ֣י 'av.Di	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
David	דָּוִ֔ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
build	תִּבְנֶה tiv.neh-	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
house	בַ֖יִת Va.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular absolute
in	לְשִׁבְתִּֽי le.shiv.Ti	H3427	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 5:3-4 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every…
1 Kings 8:16-19 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my…
1 Chronicles 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
1 Chronicles 22:7-8 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chronicles 23:3-32 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight tho…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:4-17

We have here a full revelation of God's favour to David and the kind intentions of that favour, the notices and assurances of which God sent him by Nathan the prophet, whom he entrusted to deliver this long message to him. The design of it is to take him off from his purpose of building the temple and it was therefore sent, 1. By the same hand that had given him encouragement to do it, lest, if it had been sent by any other, Nathan should be despised and insulted and David should be perplexed, being encouraged by one prophet and discouraged by another. 2. The same night, that Nathan might not continue long in an error nor David have his head any further filled with thoughts of that which he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 7:4

GOD APPOINTS HIS SUCCESSOR TO BUILD IT. (Sa2 7:4-17) it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan--The command was given to the prophet on the night immediately following; that is, before David could either take any measures or incur any expenses.

Adam Clarke on 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.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 7:5

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…

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The Church Fathers

That Christ should be the house and temple of God, and that the old temple should cease, and the new one should begin. In the second book of Kings [Samuel]: "And the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 'Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the Lord, You shall not build me a house to dwell in; but it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall come from your body, and I will prepare his kingdom. He shall build me a house in my name, and I will raise up his throne forever; and I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me, and his house shall obtain faith, and his kingdom [will be] forever in my sight.' " Also in the Gospel the Lord says, "There shall not be left in the temple one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down." And "After three days another shall be raised up without hands."
— Cyprian, Treatise XII. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 1.15

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Temple — First used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ’s human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called…
Nathan · .His message to David concerning the building of a temple — .His message to David concerning the building of a temple
Tabernacle · A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established — A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established
Temple, The First · David: Being a man of war not permitted to build — David: Being a man of war not permitted to build

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 7:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:4-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 7:4

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 7:5

John Gill on 2 Samuel 7:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 7:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:4-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 7:4

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 7:5

John Gill on 2 Samuel 7:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 7:4-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 7:5

Rashi on 2 Samuel 7:4