2 Samuel 7:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” More versionsKing 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 remain 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 such a 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.
King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar trees and carpenters and masons who built David a house.
They brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord.
In accordance with all these words and with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
But the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the prophet Nathan, and Shammah and his companions, David’s own warriors, did not side with Adonijah.
Azariah son of Nathan was over the officials; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend;
My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs and masons and carpenters to build a house for him.
They brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before God.
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had planned 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 records of the seer Samuel, and in the records of the prophet Nathan, and in the records of the seer Gad,
(But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
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 the prophet Nathan, 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 the prophet Nathan and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of the seer Iddo concerning Jeroboam 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 curtain for screening and screened the ark of the covenant as the Lord had commanded Moses.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
who found favor with God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.