1 Chronicles 15:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעַשׂ־ל֥וֹ בָתִּ֖ים בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיָּ֤כֶן מָקוֹם֙ לֽ͏ַאֲר֣וֹן הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֶּט־ל֖וֹ אֹֽהֶל׃

Transliteration

wə-yaʿas to-him battim in-ʿir David wə-yāken māqôm for-ʾărôn hā-ʾĕlōhîm wə-yet to-him ʾōhel

Grammar Details

*wə-yaʿas*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he made
*battim*: masculine plural construct - houses
*ʿir*: feminine singular construct - city
*David*: proper name
*wə-yāken*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he prepared
*māqôm*: masculine singular construct - place
*ʾărôn*: masculine singular construct - ark
*hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + masculine plural - the God
*wə-yet*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he spread/pitched
*ʾōhel*: masculine singular - tent

Word Meanings

*yaʿas*: made/constructed/prepared
*battim*: houses/structures/dwellings
*ʿir*: city/town
*yāken*: prepared/established/fixed
*māqôm*: place/location/site
*ʾărôn*: ark/chest/box
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
*yet*: spread/stretched/pitched
*ʾōhel*: tent/tabernacle/dwelling

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 16:1 : 1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
1 Chr 17:1-5 : 1 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. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
Ps 132:5 : 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
1 Chr 15:3 : 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Sam 13:7-8 : 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
2 Sam 14:24 : 24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
Acts 7:46 : 46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle 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%
4But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
1 Chr 15:2-4
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2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
1 Chr 16:1
81%
1So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 Sam 6:17
80%
17And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
1 Chr 17:1
80%
1Now 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.
2 Sam 6:9-10
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79%
9And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
10So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
1 Chr 28:2
79%
2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
1 Chr 22:1-2
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1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
1 Chr 15:12
78%
12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
1 Chr 13:12-13
2 verses
77%
12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
1 Chr 11:7
77%
7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chr 15:25
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25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
1 Kgs 8:16-17
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76%
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chr 6:7
76%
7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Kgs 6:19
76%
19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
1 Chr 17:4-6
3 verses
75%
4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
2 Sam 6:2
75%
2And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
2 Sam 5:11-12
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11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
12And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
2 Sam 7:2
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2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
1 Kgs 8:21
75%
21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
2 Sam 7:5-6
2 verses
74%
5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
6Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2 Sam 6:15
74%
15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
2 Sam 15:29
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29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
1 Chr 14:1
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1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
1 Chr 13:5-6
2 verses
74%
5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
2 Sam 6:12
74%
12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
2 Chr 6:11
73%
11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
2 Sam 5:9
73%
9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
1 Chr 15:27
73%
27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
Acts 7:46-47
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73%
46Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47But Solomon built him an house.
1 Chr 22:7
72%
7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
2 Sam 15:25
72%
25And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
1 Chr 28:11
72%
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
1 Chr 15:14
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14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Chr 23:25
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25For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
Ps 132:5
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5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
1 Chr 13:3
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3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
1 Chr 22:19
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19Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.