2 Samuel 7:2
the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is staying in the middle of a tent.”
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In Context
3Then Nathan said to the king, “Go, do what is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”
Cross References
Exodus 40:21He brought the ark into the tabernacle. He set up the curtain for it to shield the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh had commanded him.
2 Samuel 6:17They brought in the ark of Yahweh and put it in its place, in the middle of the tent that David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before Yahweh.
2 Samuel 11:11Uriah answered David, “The ark, and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my master's servants are camped in an open field. How then can I go into my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? As sure as you are alive, I will not do this.”
1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David did not follow Adonijah.
1 Chronicles 14:1Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons. They built a house for him.
1 Chronicles 29:29King David's accomplishments are written in the history of Samuel the prophet, in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the prophet.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:2-4
David's Care of the Ark. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee. Here is, I. David at rest. He sat in his house ( v. 1 ), quiet and undisturbed, having no occasion to take the field: The Lord had given… Read the whole commentary →