1 Chronicles 15:1
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He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.

A.

2962 B.C.

1042
houses

2 Samuel 5:9 And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.

2 Samuel 13:7,8 Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Ammon, and make him a mess. . . .

2 Samuel 14:24 But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king's face.

and he prepared

1 Chronicles 15:3 And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 17:1-5 Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins. . . .

Psalm 132:5 Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Acts 7:46 Who found grace before God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Context
Preparations to Move the Ark
1He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.2Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:17
And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and David offered holocausts, and peace offerings before the Lord.

1 Chronicles 6:31
These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed.

1 Chronicles 15:3
And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 15:12
And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:

1 Chronicles 16:1
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 17:1
Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins.

Lexicon
David constructed
וַיַּֽעַשׂ־ (way·ya·‘aś-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

buildings
בָתִּ֖ים (ḇāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

for himself
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

in the City
בְּעִ֣יר (bə·‘îr)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

of David,
דָּוִ֑יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and he prepared
וַיָּ֤כֶן (way·yā·ḵen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

a place
מָקוֹם֙ (mā·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

for the ark
לַֽאֲר֣וֹן (la·’ă·rō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and pitched
וַיֶּט־ (way·yeṭ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

a tent
אֹֽהֶל׃ (’ō·hel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 168: A tent

for it.
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

[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.

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.
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