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it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to <i>the place which</i> David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But David had brought up the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim to <i>the place</i> David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />(However, David had [already] brought God's ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He had put up a tent for it in Jerusalem.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Covenant Box, however, was in Jerusalem, kept in a tent which King David had set up when he brought the Box from Kiriath Jearim.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless, David had brought the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, after having erected a tent for it in Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />but David had the Ark of God brought up from Kirjath-Jearim to the [place] David had prepared for it, for he stretched out a tent for it in Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> but the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But the ark of God David brought up from the city of forests in David's preparing for it: for he spread out for It a tent in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim, to the place that he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />David had, however, brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem, where he had provided a place and pitched a tent for it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />(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 in Jerusalem.)<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But David had brought up the ark of the LORD from Koriath-kaproney to the place which David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And David had brought it up from Qurith d’Kaphrunay where David had prepared a place for it, because he had pitched the Tabernacle in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But David had brought up the ark of God out of the city of Cariathiarim; for David had prepared a place for it, for he had pitched a tabernacle for it in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=36" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/1.htm">Solomon Worships at Gibeon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/61.htm" title="61: ’ă·ḇāl (Adv) -- Verily, of a truth. Apparently from 'abal through the idea of negation; nay, i.e. Truly or yet.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: ḏā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/7157.htm" title="7157: miq·qir·yaṯ (Prep) -- City of forests, a city given to Judah, then to Benjamin. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: he·‘ĕ·lāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">had brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: ’ă·rō·wn (N-csc) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">the ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7157.htm" title="7157: yə·‘ā·rîm (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- City of forests, a city given to Judah, then to Benjamin. ">from Kiriath-jearim</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">to the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: ba·hê·ḵîn (Prep-b, Art:: V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">he had prepared</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nā·ṭāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">he had pitched</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">a tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4</a></span><br />Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm">1 Chronicles 15:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1</a></span><br />So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-29.htm">1 Chronicles 21:29</a></span><br />For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-5.htm">1 Chronicles 13:5-6</a></span><br />So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. / David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">1 Chronicles 17:1</a></span><br />After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-19.htm">1 Chronicles 22:19</a></span><br />Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm">1 Chronicles 28:2</a></span><br />Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1-6</a></span><br />At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. / And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. / When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21</a></span><br />And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-2.htm">2 Samuel 6:2-17</a></span><br />And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it. / They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart, / bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">2 Samuel 7:2</a></span><br />he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">2 Samuel 7:6</a></span><br />For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45-47</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, / who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. / But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a></span><br />containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">2 Samuel 7:2,17</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/13-5.htm">1 Chronicles 13:5,6</a></b></br> So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm">1 Chronicles 15:1,25-28</a></b></br> And <i>David</i> made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent… </p><p class="hdg">for he had pitched</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1</a></b></br> So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/132-5.htm">Psalm 132:5,6</a></b></br> Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty <i>God</i> of Jacob… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/28-18.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-4.htm">However</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-6.htm">Jearim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-27.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-6.htm">Kiriath</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-6.htm">Kiriath-Jearim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-5.htm">Kir'iath-Je'arim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-6.htm">Kirjathjearim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-6.htm">Kirjath-Jearim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-26.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-7.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-16.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-50.htm">rim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-18.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-16.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/5-2.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-8.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-6.htm">However</a> <a href="/ezra/2-25.htm">Jearim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/2-25.htm">Kiriath</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-29.htm">Kiriath-Jearim</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-29.htm">Kir'iath-Je'arim</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-29.htm">Kirjathjearim</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-29.htm">Kirjath-Jearim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-2.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">rim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-13.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-12.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-5.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-1.htm">The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-7.htm">Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">Solomon's forces and wealth</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Kiriath-jearim, a town in the territory of Judah, had housed the Ark for about 20 years after it was returned by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/7.htm">1 Samuel 7:1-2</a>). David's decision to move the Ark to Jerusalem was significant, as it marked the unification of religious and political power in the newly established capital. This action reflects David's heart for God and his desire to make worship central to the life of Israel.<p><b>to the place he had prepared for it</b><br>David's preparation for the Ark's arrival demonstrates his reverence and careful planning. This preparation included not only a physical space but also spiritual readiness, as seen in <a href="/1_chronicles/15.htm">1 Chronicles 15</a>, where David ensures that the Levites, the appointed ministers, are sanctified for the task. This act of preparation can be seen as a type of Christ, who prepares a place for believers (<a href="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2-3</a>), emphasizing the importance of readiness and holiness in approaching God.<p><b>because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem</b><br>Before the construction of the Temple by Solomon, the Ark was housed in a tent, reminiscent of the Tabernacle used during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings. This temporary dwelling highlights the transitional period in Israel's history and foreshadows the coming of a more permanent place of worship. The tent in Jerusalem signifies God's presence in the city, establishing it as the spiritual center of Israel. This act also prefigures the incarnation of Christ, who "tabernacled" among us (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>), bringing God's presence to humanity in a new and profound way.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The second king of Israel, known for his heart for God and his role in establishing Jerusalem as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/ark_of_god.htm">Ark of God</a></b><br>A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's presence and covenant with Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kiriath-jearim.htm">Kiriath-jearim</a></b><br>A town in Judah where the Ark was kept for a time before David moved it to Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city chosen by David to be the capital of Israel and the spiritual center, where he brought the Ark to establish it as the focal point of worship.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tent.htm">Tent</a></b><br>A temporary dwelling place for the Ark, signifying David's preparation and reverence for God's presence until a permanent temple could be built.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_presence.htm">Reverence for God's Presence</a></b><br>David's actions demonstrate a deep respect for God's presence, reminding us to approach God with reverence and preparation in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_worship.htm">Preparation for Worship</a></b><br>Just as David prepared a place for the Ark, we should prepare our hearts and lives for worship, ensuring that we create space for God to dwell within us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_leadership.htm">Obedience and Leadership</a></b><br>David's leadership in moving the Ark shows the importance of obedience to God's commands and leading others in worship and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._permanent.htm">Temporary vs. Permanent</a></b><br>The tent for the Ark symbolizes the temporary nature of our earthly dwellings and the anticipation of a permanent home with God, encouraging us to focus on eternal priorities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>The journey of the Ark to Jerusalem is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises, encouraging us to trust in His plans for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/contradictions_in_1_samuel_4_on_eli's_sons.htm">Are there any contradictions between 1 Samuel 4 and other biblical accounts regarding the fate of Eli's sons or the Ark's movements?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ark_to_jerusalem__before_or_after_philistines.htm">When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? After (2 Samuel 5 and 6) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_chronicles_16_1_vs_ark_evidence.htm">How does 1 Chronicles 16:1 reconcile with archaeological evidence for the Ark's location and existence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chron_29_4_with_archaeology.htm">How can 1 Chronicles 29:4's account of David's vast gold and silver donations be reconciled with the limited archaeological evidence of Israel's wealth in that era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">But.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">But indeed, but no doubt</span> (<span class= "ital">'?b?l</span>) (<a href="/2_chronicles/19-3.htm" title="Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the groves out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.">2Chronicles 19:3</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/33-17.htm" title="Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet to the LORD their God only.">2Chronicles 33:17</a>). For the transfer of the ark see 1 Chronicles 13, 15; 2 Samuel 6.<p><span class= "bld">To the place which David had prepared.</span>--<span class= "ital">Into that David had prepared for it</span> (the article as relative: comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/26-28.htm" title="And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brothers.">1Chronicles 26:28</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Pitched.</span>--Or<span class= "bld">,</span> <span class= "ital">spread</span> (<a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm" title="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.">1Chronicles 15:1</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But the ark</span>. Again, as in <a href="/1_chronicles/16-39.htm">1 Chronicles 16:39</a>, the writer emphasizes the fact of the temporary divorce that had obtained between the ark and the tabernacle (so <a href="/1_samuel/6-20.htm">1 Samuel 6:20</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/6-2.htm">2 Samuel 6:2-19</a>; <a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2, 4, 15</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3-14</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm">1 Chronicles 15:1-3, 12-15, 23-29</a>). <span class="cmt_word">David's pitching of the tent</span> for it is recorded emphatically <a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm">1 Chronicles 15:1</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">2 Samuel 6:17</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבָ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_61.htm">Strong's 61: </a> </span><span class="str2">Verily, of a truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָוִיד֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·wîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had brought</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעֱלָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ĕ·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ark</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲר֤וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chest, ark</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱלֹהִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Kiriath-jearim</span><br /><span class="heb">יְעָרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(yə·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7157.htm">Strong's 7157: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kiriath-jearim -- 'city of forests', a city given to Judah, then to Benjamin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the place</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֑יד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had prepared</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּֽהֵכִ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(ba·hê·ḵîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for it,</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had pitched</span><br /><span class="heb">נָֽטָה־</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṭāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֖הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for it</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">2 Chronicles 1:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 1:4 But David had brought the ark (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>