1 Chronicles 17:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 For I have dwelt in no house since the day that I brought out the children of Israel unto this day, but I have been from tent to [a]tent, and from habitation to habitation.
6 Wherefore I have [b]walked with all Israel, spake I one word to any of the Judges of Israel (whom I commanded to feed my people) saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedar trees?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote [c]and from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people Israel.
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- 1 Chronicles 17:5 That is, in a tent which removed to and fro.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6 Meaning, wheresoever his Ark went, which was a sign of his presence.
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 Of a shepherd of sheep I made thee a shepherd of men: so that thou camest not to this dignity through thine own merits, but by my pure grace.
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