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2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?

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2 Samuel 7:6
For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8
But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;

2 Chronicles 6:9
nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

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1 Chronicles 17:2
Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”

1 Chronicles 17:3
That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

1 Chronicles 17:4
“Go and tell David my servant, ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

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1 Chronicles 22:8
But Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood abundantly and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

1 Kings 5:3
“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 28:3
But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

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2 Samuel 3:18
Now then do it! For Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

Ezekiel 34:24
I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

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2 Samuel 24:12
“Go and speak to David, ‘Yahweh says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.” ’ ”

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