1 Chronicles 15:1
And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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2 Samuel 5:9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel 13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon`s house, and dress him food.
1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 17:1And 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.
2 Chronicles 5:2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers` [houses] of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Acts 7:46who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation 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 →