1 Chronicles 17:1
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Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
In other translations
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust whenH834יָשַׁבyashavhe dweltH3427דָּוִידdavidDavidH1732בְּבֵיתוֹbeveitoin house hisH1004וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559דָּוִידdavidDavidH1732אֶל־'el-toH413נָתָןnatanNathanH5416הַנָּבִיאhanavi'the prophetH5030הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595יוֹשֵׁבyoshev[am] dwellingH3427בְּבֵיתbeveitin [the] house ofH1004הָאֲרָזִיםha'arazim<the> cedar<s>H730וַאֲרוֹןva'aronand [the] ark ofH727בְּרִית־berit-[the] covenant ofH1285יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068תַּחַתtachat[is] underH8478יְרִיעוֹת׃yeri'ottent curtainsH3407
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Related verses
- 1 Chronicles 17:5For 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.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.
- 2 Chronicles 6:7-97 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 8 But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. 8 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. 9 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
- 1 Chronicles 15:1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- Daniel 4:4I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
- Haggai 1:9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- Exodus 40:19-2119 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him. 20 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark. 21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Psalm 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- 2 Samuel 6:17And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- Daniel 4:29-3029 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?29 Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
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