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

When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

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

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

Nathan

As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, note that they are written in the Events of Samuel the Seer, the Events of Nathan the Prophet, and the Events of Gad the Seer,

So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him:

There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

but Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s warriors did not side with Adonijah.

I dwell

King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him.

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

Under curtains

From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not lived in a house; instead, I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

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 the ark of God and placed it inside the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in God’s presence.

Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in the Lord’s presence.

Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,

General references

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

But it was Solomon who built Him a house.