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

Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace.

Nathan

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,

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.

But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David's mighty men were not with Adonijah.

I dwell

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.

Do you think you are 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.

"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

Under curtains

For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

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.

And 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 peace offerings before God.

And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And 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 peace offerings before the LORD.

(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)

General references

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.