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2 Samuel 7:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Liberality;   Nathan;   Palace;   Temple;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cedar;   Curtains;   Leaders;   Nathan;   Prophets;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Prophecy, prophet;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - False Prophet;   Israel;   Mediator, Mediation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   David;   Nathan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beth;   Curtains;   Rabbah;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dwelling;   King, Kingship;   Samuel, Books of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;   David;   Jerusalem;   Nathan;   Samuel, Books of;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nathan ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Temple;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cedar;   David;   Nathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Na'than;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Curtain;   David;   Nathan (1);   Samuel, Books of;   Tent;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   David;   Jerusalem;   Temple of Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”
Hebrew Names Version
that the king said to Natan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
King James Version
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
Lexham English Bible
And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, please, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is staying in the middle of the tent."
English Standard Version
the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."
New Century Version
Then David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I am living in a palace made of cedar wood, but the Ark of God is in a tent!"
New English Translation
The king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent."
New American Standard Bible
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains within the tent."
Geneva Bible (1587)
The King saide vnto Nathan the Prophet, Beholde, nowe I dwel in an house of cedar trees, and the Arke of God remayneth within the curtaines.
Legacy Standard Bible
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of God inhabits tent curtains."
Contemporary English Version
Then one day, as David was talking with Nathan the prophet, David said, "Look around! I live in a palace made of cedar, but the sacred chest has to stay in a tent."
Complete Jewish Bible
the king said to Natan the prophet, "Here, I'm living in a cedar-wood palace; but the ark of God is kept in a tent!"
Darby Translation
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwells under curtains.
Easy-to-Read Version
King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I am living in a fancy house made of cedar wood, but God's Holy Box is still kept in a tent!"
George Lamsa Translation
The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
Good News Translation
Then the king said to the prophet Nathan, "Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but God's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!"
Literal Translation
The king said to Nathan the prophet, See, now, I am living in a house of cedar, and the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he sayde vnto the prophet Nathan: Beholde, I dwell in a house of Cedre, and the Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes.
American Standard Version
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The king sayde vnto Nathan the prophete: Beholde, I dwell nowe in an house of Cedar trees, but the arke of God dwelleth within the curtaynes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet: 'See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.'
King James Version (1611)
That the king said vnto Nathan the Prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of Cedar, but the Arke of God dwelleth within curtaines.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.
English Revised Version
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
Berean Standard Bible
he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he seyde to Nathan the prophete, Seest thou not, that Y dwelle in an hows of cedre, and the arke of God is put in the myddis of skynnys?
Young's Literal Translation
that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.'
Update Bible Version
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside curtains.
Webster's Bible Translation
That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
World English Bible
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.
New King James Version
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains."
New Living Translation
the king summoned Nathan the prophet. "Look," David said, "I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!"
New Life Bible
the king said to Nathan, the man who spoke for God, "See now, I live in a house of cedar wood. But the special box of God stays within tent curtains."
New Revised Standard
the king said to the prophet Nathan, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See, I pray thee - I, have my abode in a house, of cedar, but, the ark of God, abideth in, the midst, of curtains.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins?
Revised Standard Version
the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains."

Contextual Overview

1When King David lived in his house (palace) and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains."3And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do everything that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nathan: 2 Samuel 12:1, 1 Chronicles 29:29

I dwell: 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Chronicles 14:1, Jeremiah 22:13-15, Haggai 1:4

the ark: Psalms 132:5, John 2:17, Acts 7:46

curtains: 2 Samuel 6:17, Exodus 26:1-14, Exodus 40:21, 1 Chronicles 16:1, 2 Chronicles 1:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:2 - curtain Exodus 35:17 - The hangings 1 Samuel 1:9 - General 2 Samuel 11:11 - The ark 2 Samuel 15:25 - habitation 2 Samuel 16:11 - came forth 1 Kings 1:8 - Nathan 1 Kings 1:26 - General 1 Kings 4:5 - son of Nathan 1 Kings 8:17 - General 1 Chronicles 3:5 - Nathan 1 Chronicles 13:2 - and that it be 1 Chronicles 17:1 - as David 1 Chronicles 22:7 - it was in 1 Chronicles 28:2 - I had in mine heart 2 Chronicles 6:7 - General 2 Chronicles 29:25 - Nathan Psalms 30:1 - at the Jeremiah 22:14 - ceiled with cedar Hosea 12:9 - yet Zechariah 12:12 - Nathan

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:8
Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and fowls and everything that crawls on the ground,
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:15
So they went into the ark with Noah, two by two of all living beings in which there was the breath and spirit of life.
Genesis 7:19
The waters prevailed so greatly and were so mighty and overwhelming on the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
Genesis 7:21
All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.
Genesis 8:20
And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every [ceremonially] clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Leviticus 10:10
and to make a distinction and recognize a difference between the holy (sacred) and the common (profane), and between the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean;
Ezekiel 44:23
"The priests shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and teach them to distinguish between the (ceremonially) unclean and the clean.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet,.... This is the first time this prophet is made mention of, but often afterwards, yet who he was, and from whence he came, is not known; he appears to be a man of great piety and prudence, as well as endowed with a prophetic spirit, and was very familiar with David, and perhaps dwelt in his palace; being a man on all accounts fit for conversation with princes, to whom David imparted what he had been meditating upon in his heart. The Jews have a tradition t that he was the same with Jonathan the son of Shimea, the brother of David, 2 Samuel 21:21; which is not very likely:

see now, I dwell in an house of cedar; made of the cedars of Lebanon; see what a spacious palace it is:

but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains; in a tabernacle within curtains, as the Targum; not the tabernacle of Moses, for that was at Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 21:29; but that which David had made for it, which consisted of curtains that were drawn around it, 2 Samuel 6:17. It gave him a concern that he should dwell in so magnificent a palace, and the ark of God should have so mean an habitation; wherefore it was upon his mind to build a grand edifice for it, and this he suggested hereby to Nathan, and so he understood him, as appears by what follows; and the rather he was led to such a thought, being now at rest and in peace; for then it was an house was to be built for God, in which he would cause his name to dwell, as David might easily learn from Deuteronomy 12:9; and who so proper to set forward such a work as a king, and he when at rest from his enemies?

t Hieron. Trad. Heb. in 2 Reg. fol. 79. M. & in lib. Paralipom. fol. 89. B. F.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nathan the prophet - Here first mentioned, but playing an important part afterward (e. g. 2 Samuel 12:1; 1Ki 1:10; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29). From the two last passages it appears that he wrote the history of David’s reign, and a part at least of Solomon’s. His distinctive title is the prophet, that of Gad the seer (compare 1 Samuel 9:9). He was probably nuch younger than David. In 2 Samuel 7:3, he spoke his own private opinion; in 2 Samuel 7:4, this was corrected by the word of the Lord.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 7:2. I dwell in a house of cedar — That is, a house whose principal beams, ceiling, and wainscot, were cedar.

Dwelleth within curtains. — Having no other residence but the tabernacle, which was a place covered with the skins of beasts, Exodus 26:14.


 
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