Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 17:4

"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:" — 1 Chronicles 17:4 (ASV)

David my servant. — Samuel, unto my servant, unto David.

Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in. — Rather, It is not you that shall build me the house to dwell in. Samuel, interrogatively, implying a negation, Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? The chronicler, thinking of the famous Temple of Solomon, writes, the house.