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.
Note: Commentary is generated by AI with a directive for Biblical fidelity. Always rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:1

    ¶ And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:5

    For 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].
  • 2 Chronicles 6:7

    Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:9

    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.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:29

    Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
  • 1 Chronicles 14:1

    ¶ Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
  • Daniel 4:29

    At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
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