1 Chronicles 17:5 meaning and explanation
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
1 Chronicles 17:5, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks these words through Nathan the prophet to David, who wanted to build a permanent temple. God answers that from the exodus onward he never lived in a house but moved with his people from tent to tent, accompanying them through the wilderness and the years of the judges.
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