1 Chronicles 15:1
David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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2 Samuel 5:9David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel 13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."
1 Chronicles 15:3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 17:1It happened, when David lived 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."
2 Chronicles 5:2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' households of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Acts 7:46who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation 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 →