2 Samuel 7:2 - Revised Standard Version CI the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look! I’m living in a cedar palace, but God’s chest is housed in a tent!” Catholic Public Domain Version he said to the prophet Nathan, "Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins? |
Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shime-i, and Rei, and David's mighty men were not with Adonijah.
Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.
And they brought in the ark of God, and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,
(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for thy house will consume me.”
who found favor in the sight of God and asked leave to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.