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1 Chronicles 17:4

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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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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:2

    Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

  2. 1 Chronicles 17:3

    And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

  3. 1 Chronicles 17:5

    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.

  4. 1 Chronicles 17:6

    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?

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