1 Chronicles 15:1
And he made him houses, in the city of David,—and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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2 Samuel 5:9So then David dwelt in the citadel, and called it, The City of David,—and David built round about, from Millo and inwards.
2 Samuel 13:7So David sent unto Tamar, in the house—saying,—Come, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and prepare him enticing food.
1 Chronicles 15:3So David convoked all Israel, unto Jerusalem,—to bring up the ark of Yahweh, unto the place thereof, which he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 17:1And it came to pass, when David had taken up his abode in his house, that David said unto Nathan the prophet, Lo! I, am dwelling in a house of cedars, but, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, is under curtains.
2 Chronicles 5:2Then, Solomon called together the elders of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, the ancestral leaders of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem,—to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, the same, is Zion.
Acts 7:46Who found favour before 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 →