1 Chronicles 17:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Soon after David moved into his new palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look around! I live in a palace made of cedar, but the sacred chest is kept in a tent.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:1

and he sent Nathan the prophet to tell this story to David: A rich man and a poor man lived in the same town.

2 Samuel 12:25

and sent Nathan the prophet to tell David, “The LORD will call him Jedidiah.”

2 Samuel 6:17

They put the chest inside a tent that David had set up for it. David worshipped the LORD by sacrificing animals and burning them on an altar,

1 Kings 1:23

Someone told David that he was there, and Nathan came in. He bowed with his face to the ground

1 Kings 1:44

Solomon rode David's own mule to Gihon Spring, and Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and David's special bodyguards went with him. When they got there, Zadok and Nathan made Solomon king. Then everyone celebrated all the way back to Jerusalem. That's the noise you hear in the city.

1 Kings 1:8

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's bodyguards all refused.

1 Kings 8:17

So when David wanted to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel,

1 Chronicles 14:1

King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. They brought along carpenters and stone workers, and enough cedar logs to build David a palace.

1 Chronicles 15:1

David had several buildings built in Jerusalem, and he had a tent set up where the sacred chest would be kept.

1 Chronicles 16:1

They put the sacred chest inside the tent that David had set up for it, then they offered sacrifices to please the LORD and sacrifices to ask his blessing.

1 Chronicles 17:2

Nathan replied, “The LORD is with you—do what you want.”

1 Chronicles 17:5

I didn't live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don't live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them.

1 Chronicles 22:6

David sent for his son Solomon and told him to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

He said: My son, I wanted to build a temple where the LORD my God would be worshipped.

1 Chronicles 28:2

After everyone was there, David stood up and said: Listen to me, my people. I wanted to build a place where the sacred chest would be kept, so we could go there and worship the LORD our God. I have prepared all the supplies for building a temple,

1 Chronicles 29:29

Everything David did while he was king is included in the history written by the prophets Samuel, Nathan, and Gad.

Psalm 132:5

until I find a home for you, the mighty LORD God of Jacob.”

Exodus 26:1

Furnish the sacred tent with curtains made from ten pieces of the finest linen. They must be woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures.

Jeremiah 22:15

More cedar in your palace doesn't make you a better king than your father Josiah. He always did right— he gave justice to the poor and was honest. That's what it means to truly know me. So he lived a comfortable life and always had enough to eat and drink.

Daniel 4:4

I was enjoying a time of peace and prosperity,

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.

Acts 7:46

He pleased God and asked him if he could build a house of worship for the people of Israel.