Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
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Gill's Exposition
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house,.... Fixed, stated, habitation:
since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt,
even to this day; a space of five or six hundred years,…
Barnes' Notes
Have walked - Implying the frequent moving of the tabernacle, in the times of the Judges, as opposed to a settled resting in one place. The word tent, refers especially to the outward covering of…
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…
The Lord's message to David
The connexion of thought in 2Sa 7:5-13 is as follows: "Thoushalt not build a house for Me(5 7), but I, who have chosen thee to be the ruler of my people, will build an…
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