1 Chronicles 17:1

God Makes a Promise to David

17:1 When David had settled into his palace, ¹  he ²  said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace ³  made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁵  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁶  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

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¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.

³ tn Heb “house.”

⁴ tn Heb “tent curtains.”

⁵ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

⁶ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”