16:43 16:43

1 Chronicles 17:1

17:2 17:2

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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.
Now it came to pass, as David {H1732} sat {H3427} in his house {H1004}, that David {H1732} said {H559} to Nathan {H5416} the prophet {H5030}, Lo, I dwell {H3427} in an house {H1004} of cedars {H730}, but the ark {H727} of the covenant {H1285} of the LORD {H3068} remaineth under curtains {H3407}.
After David had been living in his palace awhile, he said to Natan the prophet, "Here, I'm living in a cedar-wood palace; but the ark for the covenant of ADONAI is kept under a tent!"
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.”
And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.
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