2 Samuel 7:2

World English Bible (2000)

that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains."

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  • 2 Sam 5:11 : 11 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
  • 2 Sam 12:1 : 1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
  • Hag 1:4 : 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
  • John 2:17 : 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."
  • Acts 7:46 : 46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
  • Exod 26:1-9 : 1 "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them. 2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. 3 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling. 5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another. 6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be a unit. 7 "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make them eleven curtains. 8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure. 9 You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. 10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling. 11 You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13 The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
  • 1 Chr 16:1 : 1 They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
  • 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
  • 2 Chr 1:4 : 4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
  • Ps 132:5 : 5 until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
  • Jer 22:13-15 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire; 14 who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
  • Exod 40:21 : 21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
  • 2 Sam 7:17 : 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
  • 1 Chr 14:1 : 1 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

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  • 1 Chr 17:1-7
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    1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains."

    2 Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you."

    3 It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

    4 "Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

    5 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.

    6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

    7 "Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:1
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    1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

  • 2 Sam 7:3-7
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    3 Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you."

    4 It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6 For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 2 Sam 7:17-19
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    17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

    18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

    19 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this after the way of men, Lord Yahweh!

  • 1 Chr 17:15-16
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    15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

    16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • 1 Chr 28:2
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    2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, "Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
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    1 [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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:22-24
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    22 Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

    23 They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

    24 Nathan said, "My lord, king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?'

  • 2 Sam 12:7
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    7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
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    10 "Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    11 There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel."

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'

  • 2 Chr 6:18
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    18 "But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
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    7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:

  • 2 Sam 12:1
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    1 Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

  • 1 Kgs 6:18-19
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    18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

    19 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
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    20 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    21 There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

  • 1 Chr 22:7
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    7 David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
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    11 and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
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    2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 1 Chr 14:1
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    1 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
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    11 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32 King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." They came before the king.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
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    1 Then David said, "This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-18
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    17 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    18 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

  • Acts 7:47
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    47 But Solomon built him a house.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
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    9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

  • 2 Chr 2:6
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    6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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    25 Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.