After David had settled down to live in his palace, he spoke with the prophet Nathan. "Look, here I am living in this cedar palace, but the ark of the LORD's covenant remains surrounded by curtains!"

David built palaces for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the Ark of God and erected a tent for it.

"""You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you? After all, I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought out Israel until today. Instead, I've lived from tent to tent and from one place to another.

He spread the tent over the tent and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

They brought in the ark of the LORD, set it in place inside the tent that David had erected for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of the LORD.

After the king had settled down in his palace and the LORD had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies,

and sent a message written by Nathan the prophet to call his name Jedidiah, for the Lord's sake.

but Zadok the priest, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's personal elite forces would have nothing to do with Adonijah.

They informed the king, "Nathan the prophet is here."

The king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, the special forces and mercenaries, along with Solomon, who is riding the king's personal mule.

After this, King Hiram of Tyre sent a delegation to David, accompanied by cedar logs, stone masons, and wood workers, to construct a palace for him.

They brought the Ark of God, placed it within the tent that David had erected, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of God.

The activities of David the king are recorded in the History of Samuel the Seer, in the History of Nathan the Prophet, and in the History of Gad the Seer,

Nevertheless, David had brought the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, after having erected a tent for it in Jerusalem.

"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

until I locate a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

Are you a king because you try to outdo everyone with cedar? Your father ate and drank and upheld justice and righteousness, did he not? And then it went well for him.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was resting in my home and prospering in my palace.

About a year later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"

"You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house!

He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,

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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.

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As david

After the king had settled down in his palace and the LORD had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies,
"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was resting in my home and prospering in my palace.

Nathan

The activities of David the king are recorded in the History of Samuel the Seer, in the History of Nathan the Prophet, and in the History of Gad the Seer,
but Zadok the priest, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's personal elite forces would have nothing to do with Adonijah.

I dwell

After this, King Hiram of Tyre sent a delegation to David, accompanied by cedar logs, stone masons, and wood workers, to construct a palace for him.
Are you a king because you try to outdo everyone with cedar? Your father ate and drank and upheld justice and righteousness, did he not? And then it went well for him.
"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"

Under curtains

"""You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you? After all, I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought out Israel until today. Instead, I've lived from tent to tent and from one place to another.
David built palaces for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the Ark of God and erected a tent for it.
They brought the Ark of God, placed it within the tent that David had erected, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of God.
He spread the tent over the tent and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
They brought in the ark of the LORD, set it in place inside the tent that David had erected for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of the LORD.
Nevertheless, David had brought the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, after having erected a tent for it in Jerusalem.

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"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
but it was Solomon who built a house for him.

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