1 Chronicles 15:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 16:1 : 1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.
  • 1 Chr 17:1-5 : 1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent. 2 And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you. 3 But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place: 5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
  • 1 Chr 15:3 : 3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.
  • 2 Sam 13:7-8 : 7 Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was in bed. And she took paste and made cakes before his eyes, cooking them over the fire.
  • 2 Sam 14:24 : 24 And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.
  • Acts 7:46 : 46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 1:4
    86%

    4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 15:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

    3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.

    4 And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    81%

    1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    80%

    17 And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    80%

    1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

  • 2 Sam 6:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

    10 So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    79%

    2 Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

    2 And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    78%

    12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

  • 1 Chr 13:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

    13 So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    77%

    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 1 Chr 15:25
    77%

    25 So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

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

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    76%

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    76%

    19 And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

    5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • 2 Sam 6:2
    75%

    2 And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:2
    75%

    2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.

  • 1 Kgs 8:21
    75%

    21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

    6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

  • 2 Sam 6:15
    74%

    15 So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.

  • 2 Sam 15:29
    74%

    29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    74%

    1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

  • 1 Chr 13:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 So David sent for all Israel to come together, from Shihor, the river of Egypt, as far as the way into Hamath, to get the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

    6 And David went up, with all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to get up from there the ark of God, over which the holy Name is named, the name of the Lord whose place is between the winged ones.

  • 2 Sam 6:12
    74%

    12 And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    73%

    11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:9
    73%

    9 So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

  • 1 Chr 15:27
    73%

    27 And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod;

  • Acts 7:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

    47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    72%

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

  • 2 Sam 15:25
    72%

    25 And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

  • 1 Chr 28:11
    72%

    11 Then David gave to his son Solomon the design of the doorway of the house of God and of its houses and its store-houses, and the higher rooms and the inner rooms and the place for the mercy-seat;

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    72%

    14 So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    72%

    25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;

  • Ps 132:5
    72%

    5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    72%

    3 And let us get back for ourselves the ark of our God: for in the days of Saul we did not go to it for directions.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    72%

    19 Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.