2Sa 7:7 | NETfull | STEP | Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 7:7

7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ^{▼▼ Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.} to any of the leaders ^{▼▼ Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”} whom I appointed to care for ^{▼▼ Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).} my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’