2Sa 7:5, 1Ch 22:8, 2Ch 11:2-3, 19:2, Rom 13:1 | ESV | STEP | Go and tell my servant David , Thus says the Lord : Would you build me a house to dwell in ?

2 Samuel 7:5

5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^aWould you build me a house to dwell in?

1 Chronicles 22:8

8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^b‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth.

2 Chronicles 11:2-3

2 But the word of the Lord came to ^cShemaiah the man of God: 3 “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

2 Chronicles 19:2

2 But ^dJehu the son of ^eHanani ^fthe seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you ^ghelp the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, ^hwrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

Romans 13:1

Submission to the Authorities

1 Let every person ⁱbe subject to the governing authorities. For ^jthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.