1 Chronicles 17:5

_FOR I HAVE NOT DWELT IN AN HOUSE SINCE THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT UP ISRAEL UNTO THIS DAY; BUT HAVE GONE FROM TENT TO TENT, AND FROM ONE TABERNACLE TO ANOTHER._ I ... have gone from tent to tent ... The literal rendering is, 'I was walking in a tent and in a dwelling.' The evident intention (as we may see from 1 Chronicles 17:6) was to lay stress upon the fact that God was a Mithhallek (a traveling God), and went from one place to another with His tent and His entire dwelling. The dwelling included not merely the tent, but the fore-courts, with the altar of burnt offerings, etc. (Bertheau.)...

Verse 1 Chronicles 17:5. _BUT HAVE GONE FROM TENT TO TENT_] "I have transferred my tabernacle from Gilgal to Nob, from Nob to Shiloh, and from Shiloh to Gibeon."-_Targum_ and _Jarchi_....

EXPOSITION This chapter is paralleled by 2 Samuel 7:1; and the parallel is for the most part very close. The purport of the two accounts may be said to be identical, while the variations of some few words and sentences just suffice to indicate the somewhat different objects of the two writers, and the very different time when our compiler was having recourse to the common authority. The "good" purpose which was in David's heart is, like many other good purposes, obstructed by the will and providence of God himself. It is not one of that other kind of "good intentions," with which the way to hell is so often paved, when the man who forms the resolution and entertains the intention is he who of his own choice, or fickleness, or indifference, breaks it. It is acknowledged, therefore, and meets in fact with a large and gracious reward, in being made the occasion of the distinct

See Gill "1Ch 17:1"....

7. THE COVENANT AND THE PROMISE CHAPTER 17 _ 1. David's plan to build a house (1 Chronicles 17:1)_ 2. The covenant and the promise (1 Chronicles 17:7) 3. David's praise and prayer (1 Chronicles 17:16) After the ark had found its resting place in a tent the king became deeply concerned about the building of a house. He contrasted his own house of cedars with the humble dwelling place of the ark of the covenant. The desire to build a house for the Lord was expressed to Nathan, who told David, without having consulted the Lord, “Do all that is in thine heart, for God is with thee.” That night the message came to Nathan, “Go and tell David my servant, T

DAVIDS PURPOSE TO BUILD A TEMPLE IS HINDERED BY NATHAN; GOD'S PROMISE TO HIM; HIS PRAYER (see notes on 2 Samuel 7). 1 Chronicles 17:1. in his house: the words in 2 Samuel 7:1, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies round about, are omitted here as the Chronicler, looking back upon the history of those times, saw that this rest had been of but short duration....

ISRAEL. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read "the sons of Israel"....

_I brought up Israel_ i.e. _out of Egypt_(so Sam.). _but have gone from tent to tent and from_one _tabernacle_to another] Sam. _but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle_. The Heb. text of Chron. defies translation; that of Sam. is better....

SINCE THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT UP ISRAEL— _Out of Egypt._ See 2 Samuel 7:6....

LESSON EIGHT 17-18 DAVID AND THE TEMPLE. ISRAEL GOES TO WAR. 9. DAVID'S PLANS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 17) INTRODUCTION David's purpose to build the Temple resulted in Jehovah's revelation of the eternal establishment of David's house. David proceeded to extend his territory from the Great Sea to the Euphrates River. TEXT 1 Chronicles 17:1. And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains. 2. And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee. 3. And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4. Go and tell David my servant, -Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5. For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that