1 Chronicles 15:1
And David made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.
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2 Samuel 5:9And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and he built his own house.
2 Samuel 13:7And David sent to Tamar to the house, saying, Go now to thy brother’s house, and dress him food.
1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 17:1And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains of skins.
2 Chronicles 5:2Then Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, even the leaders of the families of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David—this is Zion.
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 →