Tent to tent

The House Promised to David · 1 Chronicles 17

Story guide: The promise recalls God’s presence among Israel without a cedar house. Unspecified appearances and settings provide contextual imagery; Scripture remains the source.

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5For I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling place to dwelling place.

6In all the places where I have walked among all Israel, did I ever speak a word to one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for me a house of cedar?’

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