1 Chronicles 17:1
Once David had settled into his palace, he spoke to the prophet Nathan. “Look,” he said, “I'm living in a cedar palace while the Ark of the Lord's Agreement is kept in a tent!”
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2“Do what you think you should, for God is with you,” Nathan replied.
Cross References
Exodus 26:1Make ten curtains for the Tabernacle of finely-spun linen, using blue, purple, and crimson threads. Have them embroidered with cherubim by someone who is skilled.
2 Samuel 6:17They brought the Ark of the Lord and put it in its place inside the tent that David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and friendship offerings before the Lord.
2 Samuel 12:1The Lord sent Nathan to see David. When he got there, he said, “Once there were two men living in the same town. One was rich, and one was poor.
1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's bodyguard were not on Adonijah's side.
1 Kings 1:44He sent Solomon to be anointed with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They had him ride on the king's mule.
1 Chronicles 15:1Once David had finished building houses for himself in the City of David, he made a place for the Ark of God and set up a tent there.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:1
This excellent chapter is the same with 2 Sam. vii. It will be worth while to look back upon what was there said upon it. Two things in general we have in it:—I. God's gracious acceptance of David's purpose to build him a house, and the promise he made thereupon, ver. 1-15 . II. David's gracious acceptance of God's good promise to build him a house, and the prayer he made thereupon, ver. 16-27 . Read the whole commentary →