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 it came about when the king lived in his house, 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 house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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

Nathan

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

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said,
“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

I dwell

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house 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 yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?”

Under curtains

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

Now 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 placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

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.

So they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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

General references

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

But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.