1 Chronicles 17:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

As david

2 Samuel 7:1

2 Chronicles 6:7

Daniel 4:4

Nathan

1 Chronicles 29:29

2 Samuel 12:1

1 Kings 1:8

I dwell

1 Chronicles 14:1

Jeremiah 22:15

Haggai 1:4

Under curtains

General references

2 Chronicles 6:7

Acts 7:47

Bible References

As david

King David was settled in his palace. Jehovah kept him safe from all his enemies.

My father David had his heart set on building a Temple for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and active in my palace.

Nathan

The history of King David from beginning to end is recorded in the records of the three prophets, Samuel, Nathan, and Gad.

Jehovah sent Nathan to David. Nathan came to him and said: There were two men in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor.

But the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David's thirty special guards did not join Adonijah.

I dwell

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. He also sent cedar logs, stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him.

Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

Is it time for you to dwell in your roofed and covered houses, while this house is desolate?

Under curtains

I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another.

David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David. Then he prepared a place for God's Ark and pitched a tent for it.

The men carrying the ark set it inside the tent David had put up for it. They presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in God's presence.

He spread the outer tent over the inner tent and put the cover on top. Moses followed Jehovah's instructions.

The men carrying the Ark set it in its place inside the tent David put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Jehovah's presence.

David already brought God's Ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

General references

My father David had his heart set on building a Temple for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

But Solomon built him a house.