"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…" — 1 Chronicles 17:1

1 Chronicles 17:1 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Chronicles 17:1

Verse 2

Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that {is} in thine heart; for God {is} with thee.

1 Chronicles 17 — Context

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.

Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that {is} in thine heart; for God {is} with thee.

And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:5

For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from {one} tabernacle {to another}. {have gone: Heb. have been}

1 Chronicles 15:1

And {David} made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

2 Chronicles 6:7-9

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Haggai 1:9

Ye looked for much, and, lo, {it came} to little; and when ye brought {it} home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that {is} waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. {blow...: or, blow it away}

Psalms 132:5

Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty {God} of Jacob. {an habitation: Heb. habitations}

Daniel 4:4

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

2 Samuel 6:17

And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. {pitched: Heb. stretched}

Exodus 40:19-21

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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