1 Chronicles 17:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Sam 7:6 : 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.
  • Exod 40:2-3 : 2 On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting. 3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
  • 2 Sam 6:17 : 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 Kgs 8:4 : 4 They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.
  • 1 Kgs 8:16 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:
  • Isa 66:1-2 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place? 2 For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.
  • Acts 7:44-50 : 44 Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen. 45 Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David, 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. 48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says, 49 Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest? 50 Did not my hand make all these things?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 7:5-8
    4 verses
    94%

    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.

    7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

    8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • 1 Chr 17:6-10
    5 verses
    88%

    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?

    7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

    8 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

    9 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

    10 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    84%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:5
    78%

    5 From the day when I took my people out of the land 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; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    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 6:2
    76%

    2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 132:5
    76%

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:13
    75%

    13 And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    75%

    27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    75%

    1 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.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    75%

    18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    74%

    16 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

  • 2 Sam 7:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

    11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    74%

    13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 2 Sam 7:18
    74%

    18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    74%

    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 2 Sam 7:2
    74%

    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 Chr 28:2
    74%

    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.

  • Acts 7:46-49
    4 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.

    48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

    49 Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

  • 2 Chr 7:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

    17 And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    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.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    72%

    12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 26:8
    72%

    8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    72%

    27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

    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 Chr 1:4
    72%

    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.

  • Hos 12:9
    72%

    9 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

  • Judg 19:18
    72%

    18 And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    71%

    25 For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

  • Exod 25:8
    71%

    8 And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.

  • Num 9:17
    71%

    17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.