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Read Full Chapter (1 Chronicles 17) 1 Chronicles 17:3 KJV
"And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"
1 Chronicles 17:3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
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Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
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Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
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¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.*
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Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?