1 Chronicles 17:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 [dwells] under curtains.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יָשַׁ֥ב דָּוִ֖יד בְּבֵית֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶל־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֗יא הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הֽ͏ָאֲרָזִ֔ים וַאֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת יְרִיעֽוֹת׃ ‬

Transliteration

And wayəhî when yāšaḇ Dāwid in bêṯô, and wayyōʾmer Dāwid to-Nāṯān the-nāḇîʾ, behold ʾānōḵî yôšēḇ in bêṯ the-ʾărāzîm, and ʾărôn bərîṯ-YHWH under yərîʿôṯ.

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass
• *yāšaḇ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - dwelt/sat/remained
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *bêṯô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Nāṯān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Nathan
• *nāḇîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prophet
• *ʾānōḵî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *yôšēḇ*: participle, masculine singular - dwelling/sitting
• *bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *ʾărāzîm*: noun, masculine plural - cedars
• *ʾărôn*: noun, masculine singular - ark
• *bərîṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *yərîʿôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - curtains/tent-cloths

Word Meanings

• *wayəhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *yāšaḇ*: dwelt/sat/remained/lived
• *bêṯô*: his house/dwelling/temple
• *ʾănî*/*ʾānōḵî*: I (emphatic form)
• *yôšēḇ*: dwelling/sitting/remaining/living
• *bêṯ hāʾărāzîm*: house of cedars/cedar house
• *yərîʿôṯ*: curtains/hangings/tent-cloths

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 17:5 : 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].
• 1 Chr 15:1 : 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 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.
• 2 Chr 6:7-9 : 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: 9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.
• Ps 132:5 : 5 Until I find out a place for Yahweh, A dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
• Jer 22:15 : 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.
• Dan 4:4 : 4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
• Dan 4:29-30 : 29 At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
• Hag 1:4 : 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
• Hag 1:9 : 9 "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Hosts, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.
• Acts 7:46 : 46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
• Exod 40:19-21 : 19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 20 He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark. 21 He brought the ark into the tent, 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 7:1-9 : 1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies round about, 2 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. 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 walked in a tent and in a tent. 7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with 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? 8 Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel; 9 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. 10 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, 11 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; 15 but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak 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 [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh! 20 What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord Yahweh. 21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it. 22 Therefore you are great, Yahweh God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods? 24 You did establish to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. 25 Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken. 26 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you. 27 For you, Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. 28 Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant: 29 now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
• 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.
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.
• 1 Kgs 1:8 : 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
• 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
• 1 Kgs 1:44 : 44 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule;
• 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.