2 Samuel 7:2 - Easy To Read Version

² King David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a fancy house made of cedar wood, but God’s Holy Box [49] is still kept in a tent! {We should build a nice building for the Holy Box.}”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

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.

Common English Bible

² 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

² 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

² 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

Uriah said to David, “The Holy Box [64] and the soldiers of Israel and Judah are staying in tents. My lord Joab, and my lord’s (King David’s) officers are camping out in the field. So it is not right for me to go home to drink, and sleep with my wife.”

2 Samuel 12:1

The Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David. Nathan said, “There were two men in a city. One man was rich. But the other man was poor.

2 Samuel 5:11

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David.

2 Samuel 6:17

David put up a tent for the Holy Box. [47] The Israelites put the Lord’s Holy Box in its place under the tent. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord.

2 Samuel 7:17

Nathan told David about that vision. [52] He told David everything God had said.

1 Kings 1:22

While Bathsheba was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came to see him.

1 Kings 1:8

But several men did not agree with what Adonijah was doing. These men remained loyal to David. They were Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David’s special guard. [1] So these men did not join with Adonijah.

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah son of Nathan. Azariah was in charge of the district governors.

1 Kings 8:17

“My father David wanted very much to build a temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 14:1

Hiram was king of the city of Tyre. Hiram sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent logs from cedar trees, stonecutters, {\cf2\super [147]} and carpenters {\cf2\super [148]} to David. Hiram sent them to build a house for David.

1 Chronicles 16:1

The Levites brought the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [182]} and put it inside the tent David had set up for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to Solomon, “My son, I wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 29:29

The things that King David did, from beginning to end, are in the books written by Samuel the seer, {\cf2\super [330]} Nathan the prophet {\cf2\super [331]} , and Gad the seer.

2 Chronicles 1:4

David had carried God’s Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [3]} from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem. David had made a place to put it in Jerusalem. David had set up a tent for God’s Box of the Agreement in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:25

King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [351]} with cymbals, {\cf2\super [352]} harps, and lyres {\cf2\super [353]} the way David, Gad the king’s seer, {\cf2\super [354]} and Nathan the prophet had commanded. This command came from the Lord through his prophets.

2 Chronicles 9:29

The other things Solomon did, from the beginning to the end, are written in the writings of Nathan the Prophet, in The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh and in The Visions of Iddo the Seer. Iddo was a seer {\cf2\super [159]} who wrote about Jeroboam son of Nebat.

Psalm 132:2

David made a promise to the Lord.\par David made a special promise\par to the Mighty God of Jacob.\par

Psalm 132:5

I will not do any of those things\par until I find a house for the Lord,\par a home for the Mighty God of Jacob!”\par

Exodus 40:21

Then Moses put the Holy Box into the Holy Tent. [496] He hung the curtain in the right place to protect it. In this way, he protected the Box of the Agreement [497] {behind the curtain} like the Lord had commanded him.

Haggai 1:4

“You people think the right time has come for you to live in nice houses. You live in houses with beautiful wooden panelling on the walls. But the Lord’s house is still in ruins!

John 2:17

When this happened the followers of Jesus remembered what was written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [40]} \}:

Acts 7:46

God was very pleased with David. David asked God to let him build a house (temple {\cf2\super [145]})for him, the God of Jacob.