2 Samuel 7:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King 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?

2 Samuel 7:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:11

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Samuel 12:1

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Samuel 5:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

2 Samuel 6:17

And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

2 Samuel 7:17

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

1 Kings 1:22

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

1 Kings 1:8

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

1 Kings 4:5

and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was priest, and the king's friend;

1 Kings 8:17

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

1 Chronicles 14:1

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him an house.

1 Chronicles 16:1

And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God.

1 Chronicles 29:29

Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer;

2 Chronicles 1:4

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:25

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the commandment was of the LORD by his prophets.

2 Chronicles 9:29

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and 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?

Psalm 132:2

How he sware unto the LORD, And vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:

Psalm 132:5

Until I find out a place for the LORD, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Exodus 40:21

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 commanded Moses.

Haggai 1:4

Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste?

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house shall eat me up.

Acts 7:46

who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.