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1 Chronicles 15:1

He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.

2 Samuel 13:7Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Amnon, and make him a mess.

1 Chronicles 15:3And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 17:1Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins.

2 Chronicles 5:2And after this he gathered together the ancients of Israel, and all the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families, of the children of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Sion.

Acts 7:46Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:1

The bringing in of the ark to the city of David was a very good work; it was resolved upon ( xiii. 4 ), and attempted, but not perfected; it lay by the way in the house of Obed-edom. Now this chapter gives us an account of the completing of that good work. I. How it was done more regularly than before. 1. A place was prepared for it, ver. 1 . 2. The priests were ordered to carry it, ver. 2-15 . 3. The Levites had their offices assigned them in attending on it, ver. 16-24 . II. How it was done more successfully… Read the whole commentary →

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