1 Chronicles 15:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And David made himself houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And [David] made{H6213} him houses{H1004} in the city{H5892} of David;{H1732} and he prepared{H3559} a place{H4725} for the ark{H727} of God,{H430} and pitched{H5186} for it a tent.{H168}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David made{H6213}{(H8799)} him houses{H1004} in the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, and prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} a place{H4725} for the ark{H727} of God{H430}, and pitched{H5186}{(H8799)} for it a tent{H168}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he buylded him houses in the cite of Dauid, & made ready a place for ye Arke of God, & pitched a Tabernacle for it.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Dauid made him houses in the citie of Dauid, and prepared a place for the Arke of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid made him houses in the citie of Dauid, and prepared a place for the arke of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And `David' made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

Referenced Verses

  • 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 17:1-5 : 1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent." 2 Nathan replied 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 tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 5 For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
  • 1 Chr 15:3 : 3 David gathered all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 David took up residence in the stronghold and named it the City of David. He built it up all around, from the Millo inward.
  • 2 Sam 13:7-8 : 7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: 'Go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare some food for him.' 8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the cakes in his sight, and baked them.
  • 2 Sam 14:24 : 24 But the king said, "He must go to his own house; he must not see my face." So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the king’s face.
  • Acts 7:46 : 46 David found favor in God’s sight and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    86%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 15:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2 Then David said, "The ark of God must not be carried by anyone but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever."

    3 David gathered all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

    4 He also assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    81%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    80%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    80%

    1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

  • 2 Sam 6:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, 'How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?'

    10 So David was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    79%

    2 Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build 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 of burnt offerings for Israel.'

    2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    78%

    12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it.

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

    12 David feared God that day and said, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"

    13 So David did not move the ark to be with him in the City of David, but instead he directed it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    77%

    7 David then took up residence in the stronghold, and it was called the city of David.

  • 1 Chr 15:25
    77%

    25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with rejoicing.

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

    16 'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    76%

    19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 "Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

    5 For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

    6 In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • 2 Sam 6:2
    75%

    2 David set out with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned above the cherubim.

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

    11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    12 Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake 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 remains in a tent."

  • 1 Kgs 8:21
    75%

    21 And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

    6 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.

  • 2 Sam 6:15
    74%

    15 David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

  • 2 Sam 15:29
    74%

    29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    74%

    1 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • 1 Chr 13:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

    6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to bring up the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His Name is called.

  • 2 Sam 6:12
    74%

    12 When King David was told, 'The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God,' David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    73%

    11 And there I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:9
    73%

    9 David took up residence in the stronghold and named it the City of David. He built it up all around, from the Millo inward.

  • 1 Chr 15:27
    73%

    27 David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of singing. David also wore a linen ephod.

  • Acts 7:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46 David found favor in God’s sight and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

    47 But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    72%

    7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • 2 Sam 15:25
    72%

    25 Then the king said to Zadok, 'Take the Ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place again.'

  • 1 Chr 28:11
    72%

    11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    72%

    14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring 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 rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.'

  • Ps 132:5
    72%

    5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    72%

    3 Let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it during the days of Saul.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    72%

    19 Now set your heart and soul to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.