2 Samuel 7:2

that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See, I pray thee—I, have my abode in a house, of cedar, but, the ark of God, abideth in, the midst, of curtains.

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In The King James Version

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

In Context

1And it came to pass, when the king had taken up his abode in his house,—and Yahweh had given him rest round about, from all his enemies,

3And Nathan said unto the king, All that is in thy heart, go—do,—for Yahweh is with thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:21and brought in the ark into the habitation, and put up the screening veil, and screened over the ark of the testimony,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

2 Samuel 6:17So they brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent which David had stretched out for it,—and David caused to go up ascending-sacrifices before Yahweh, and peace-offerings.

2 Samuel 11:11And Uriah said unto David—The ark, and Israel and Judah, are dwelling in huts and, my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field, are encamped, Was, I, then, to enter my own house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life, yea by the life of thy soul, I could not do this thing.

1 Kings 1:8But, Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

1 Chronicles 14:1And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers unto David, and timber of cedars, with masons and artificers, to build for him a house.

1 Chronicles 29:29Now, the acts of David the king, first and last, behold them! written in the records of Samuel the seer, and in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the records of Gad the seer:

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 →

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