Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 4480 [e] מִן־ min- Since Prep 3117 [e] הַיּ֗וֹם hay-yō-wm, the day Art | N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֨ר ’ă-šer that Pro-r 3318 [e] הוֹצֵ֣אתִי hō-w-ṣê-ṯî I brought V-Hifil-Perf-1cs 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 5971 [e] עַמִּי֮ ‘am-mî My people N-msc | 1cs 776 [e] מֵאֶ֣רֶץ mê-’e-reṣ out of the land Prep-m | N-fsc 4714 [e] מִצְרַיִם֒ miṣ-ra-yim of Egypt N-proper-fs 3808 [e] לֹא־ lō- no Adv-NegPrt 977 [e] בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי ḇā-ḥar-tî I have chosen V-Qal-Perf-1cs 5892 [e] בְעִ֗יר ḇə-‘îr, city Prep-b | N-fs 3605 [e] מִכֹּל֙ mik-kōl from any Prep-m | N-msc 7626 [e] שִׁבְטֵ֣י šiḇ-ṭê tribe N-mpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל yiś-rā-’êl, of Israel N-proper-ms 1129 [e] לִבְנ֣וֹת liḇ-nō-wṯ [in which] to build Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 1004 [e] בַּ֔יִת ba-yiṯ, a house N-ms 1961 [e] לִהְי֥וֹת lih-yō-wṯ that might be Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 8034 [e] שְׁמִ֖י šə-mî My name N-msc | 1cs 8033 [e] שָׁ֑ם šām; there Adv 3808 [e] וְלֹא־ wə-lō- nor Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 977 [e] בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי ḇā-ḥar-tî did I choose V-Qal-Perf-1cs 376 [e] בְאִ֔ישׁ ḇə-’îš, any man Prep-b | N-ms 1961 [e] לִהְי֥וֹת lih-yō-wṯ to be Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 5057 [e] נָגִ֖יד nā-ḡîḏ a ruler N-ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- over Prep 5971 [e] עַמִּ֥י ‘am-mî My people N-msc | 1cs 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ yiś-rā-’êl. Israel N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel;

King James Bible
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Since the day I brought My people Israel out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that My name would be there, and I have not chosen a man to be ruler over My people Israel.

Since the day

2 Samuel 7:6,7 Whereas I have not dwelled in any house since the time that I brought …

1 Kings 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, …

my name

Exodus 20:24 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon …

Exodus 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not …

Deuteronomy 12:5,11 But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all …

Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and do; defer not…

neither chose The judges and Saul were chosen by God, for a season, to be rulers of Israel; but not establish a permanent and hereditary authority over that people, as was the case with David. This clause is wanting in the parallel passage of Kings; but it helps to clear the sense.

1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has …

1 Samuel 13:13,14 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly: you have not kept …

1 Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as …

2 Samuel 7:15,16 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, …

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