2 Samuel 7:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

King David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a fancy house made of cedar wood, but God’s Holy Box is still kept in a tent!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11

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

2 Samuel 12:1

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

Acts 7:46

God was very pleased with David. He asked God to let him build a Temple for the people of Jacob.

John 2:17

When this happened, his followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: “My strong devotion to your Temple will destroy me.” Psalm 69:9

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 paneling on the walls, but the Lord’s house is still in ruins.

1 Chronicles 29:29

The things that King David did, from beginning to end, are in the books written by Samuel the seer, Nathan the prophet, and Gad the seer.

1 Chronicles 16:1

The Levites brought God’s Holy Box and put it inside the tent David had set up for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God.

Psalm 132:5

until I find a home for the Lord, a tent for the Mighty God of Jacob!”

2 Chronicles 1:4

David had carried God’s Box of the Agreement from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem where he had set up another tent for it.

1 Chronicles 14:1

Hiram was king of the city of Tyre. He sent messengers to David. He also sent logs from cedar trees, stonecutters, and carpenters to David. Hiram sent them to build a house for David.

2 Samuel 7:17

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

2 Samuel 6:17

David put up a tent for the Holy Box. 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.

Exodus 40:21

Then Moses put the Holy Box into the Holy Tent. He hung the curtain in the right place to protect it. In this way he protected the Box of the Agreement behind the curtain just as the Lord had commanded him.

2 Samuel 11:11

Uriah said to David, “The Holy Box and the soldiers of Israel and Judah are staying in tents. My lord Joab and my lord’s officers are camping out in the field. So it is not right for me to go home to eat and drink and sleep with my wife. As surely as you live, I will not do this.”

1 Kings 1:22

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

1 Kings 8:17

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

1 Chronicles 22:7

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

2 Chronicles 9:29

Everything else Solomon did, from the beginning to the end, is 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 who wrote about Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 29:25

King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Lord’s Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres as David, Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan had commanded. This command came from the Lord through his prophets.

1 Kings 1:8

but several important men did not join Adonijah. They were Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David’s special guard.

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and an advisor to King Solomon;

Psalm 132:2

He made a promise to you, Lord, an oath to the Mighty God of Jacob.