Verse 2

the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains in a tent."

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  • 2 Sam 5:11 : 11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
  • 2 Sam 12:1 : 1 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When Nathan arrived, he said to him, "There were two men in a city. One was rich, and the other was poor."
  • Hag 1:4 : 4 Is this a time for you to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
  • John 2:17 : 17 Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'
  • Acts 7:46 : 46 David found favor in God’s sight and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
  • Exod 26:1-9 : 1 You shall make the tabernacle out of ten curtains made of finely twisted linen, along with blue, purple, and crimson yarn, and you shall create them with designs of cherubim, the work of skilled craftsmen. 2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width shall be four cubits. All the curtains shall have the same measurements. 3 Five of the curtains shall be joined together as one set, and the other five curtains shall also be joined together as a second set. 4 You shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the end curtain in one set, and likewise on the edge of the corresponding end curtain in the other set. 5 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, and fifty loops on the edge of the second curtain. The loops shall be opposite one another. 6 You shall make fifty gold clasps and use them to join the curtains together so that the tabernacle forms a single unit. 7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair as a covering for the tabernacle. You shall make eleven of these curtains. 8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width shall be four cubits. All eleven curtains shall have the same measurements. 9 You shall join five of the curtains into one set, and the other six curtains into another set. The sixth curtain you shall fold over at the front of the tent. 10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps and insert them into the loops to join the tent together as one structure. 12 The overlapping part of the tent curtains, the extra half-curtain, shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle. 13 The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other side of what remains in the length of the tent curtains shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it. 14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and an additional covering of fine leather above it.
  • 1 Chr 16:1 : 1 They brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had set up for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 The acts of King David, from the first to the last, are written in the records of Samuel the seer, Nathan the prophet, and Gad the seer.
  • 2 Chr 1:4 : 4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it in Jerusalem, where he had pitched a tent for it.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
  • Jer 22:13-15 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor. 14 He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion. 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him.
  • Exod 40:21 : 21 Then he brought the ark into the Tabernacle, hung the veil as a partition, and shielded the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
  • 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 7:17 : 17 Nathan spoke all these words and this entire vision to David.
  • 1 Chr 14:1 : 1 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.