2Sa 7:5-7 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Go and say to My servant David , ‘ Thus says the Lord , “ Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?

2 Samuel 7:5-7

5 “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? 6 “For ^bI 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 ^cin a tent, even in a ^{▼▼ Lit dwelling place}tabernacle. 7 ^e“Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, ^fwhich I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’