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1 Chronicles 15:1

And he makes houses for himself in the City of David, and prepares a place for the Ark of God, and stretches out a tent for it.

Literal Standard Version

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, “None [are] to carry the Ark of God, except the Levites, for YHWH has fixed on them to carry the Ark of God and to serve Him for all time.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9And David dwells in the fortress, and calls it the City of David, and David builds all around, from Millo and inward,

2 Samuel 13:7And David sends to Tamar, to the house, saying, “Now go to the house of your brother Amnon and make food for him.”

1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembles all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of YHWH to its place that he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 17:1And it comes to pass as David sat in his house, that David says to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH [is] under curtains”;

2 Chronicles 5:2Then Solomon assembles the elderly of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH from the City of David—it [is] Zion.

Acts 7:46who found favor before God, and requested to find a dwelling place 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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