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1 Chronicles 17:1

After David began to live in his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, “ It does not seem right that I am here living in a palace made of cedar wood, but Yahweh’s Sacred Chest is kept inside a tent!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

In Context

2Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you are thinking about doing, do it, because God is with/guiding you.”

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Cross References

Exodus 26:1“ Tell the people to make the Sacred Tent using ten long strips of fine linen. They must take blue, purple, and red thread (OR, weave the strips from blue, purple, and red thread), and a skilled craftsman must embroider these strips with designs that represent the winged creatures that are above the chest.

2 Samuel 6:17They brought the sacred chest into the tent that David had erected for it. Then David gave to Yahweh offerings to be completely burned on an altar, and other offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.

2 Samuel 12:1Yahweh told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he sent Nathan to tell this story to David: “ I heard about two men who were living in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor.

1 Kings 1:8But Zadok, who was also a priest, Benaiah who had supervised David’s bodyguards, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei, and David’s most capable soldiers refused to help/support Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:44He sent Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and his own group of bodyguards to go with Solomon. They put Solomon on King David’s mule.

1 Chronicles 15:1David commanded his workers to build some houses for him in Jerusalem. He also told them to set up a tent in which to put the Sacred Chest.

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 →

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