and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
1 Chronicles 17:1 - New Revised Standard Version Now when David settled in his house, David said to the prophet Nathan, “I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AS DAVID sat in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remains under tent curtains. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains. Common English Bible When David was settled into his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, “I’m living in a cedar palace while the chest containing the LORD’s covenant is under curtains.” Catholic Public Domain Version Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: "Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins. |
and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
and sent a message by the prophet Nathan; so he named him Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
They brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord.
The king was told, “Here is the prophet Nathan.” When he came in before the king, he did obeisance to the king, with his face to the ground.
the king has sent with him the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they had him ride on the king's mule;
But the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the prophet Nathan, and Shimei, and Rei, and David's own warriors did not side with Adonijah.
My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, and masons and carpenters to build a house for him.
David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
They brought in the ark of God, and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before God.
Nathan said to David, “Do all that you have in mind, for God is with you.”
For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought out Israel to this very day, but I have lived in a tent and a tabernacle.
Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.
David said to Solomon, “My son, I had planned to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.
Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had planned to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God; and I made preparations for building.
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the records of the seer Samuel, and in the records of the prophet Nathan, and in the records of the seer Gad,
(But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and crimson yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
Are you a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living at ease in my home and prospering in my palace.
Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.
who found favor with God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.