2 Samuel 7:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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.

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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?"

2 Samuel 7:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11

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

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.

Acts 7:46

who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

John 2:17

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?

1 Chronicles 29:29

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

1 Chronicles 16:1

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

Psalm 132:5

until I find out a place for the Lord, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

2 Chronicles 1:4

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kir´jath–je´arim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 14:1

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

2 Samuel 7:17

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

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.

Exodus 40:21

and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.

2 Samuel 11:11

And Uri´ah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Jo´ab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; 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.

1 Kings 1:22

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

1 Kings 8:17

And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God:

2 Chronicles 9:29

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahi´jah the Shi´lonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jerobo´am the son of Nebat?

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 so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.

1 Kings 1:8

But Zadok the priest, and Benai´ah the son of Jehoi´ada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shim´e-i, and Re´i, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adoni´jah.

1 Kings 4:5

and Azari´ah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:

Psalm 132:2

how he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;