But in the same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “(A)Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? For (B)I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about (C)in a tent, even in a [a]tabernacle.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:6 Lit dwelling place

But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you(A) the one to build me a house to dwell in?(B) I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day.(C) I have been moving from place to place with a tent(D) as my dwelling.(E)

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