1 Chronicles 16:17

16:17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as a lasting promise,¹

1 Chronicles 16:6

16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

1 Chronicles 15:25-26

15:25 So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration. 15:26 When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

1 Chronicles 15:28

15:28 All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.

1 Chronicles 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David² left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements,³

1 Chronicles 28:18

28:18 and for the refined gold of the incense altar.

He gave him⁴ the blueprint for the seat⁵ of the gold cherubim that spread their wings⁶ and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord’s covenant.

1 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 When all the leaders⁷ of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement⁸ with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed⁹ David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel.¹⁰

1 Chronicles 15:29

15:29 As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.¹¹

1 Chronicles 17:1

God Makes a Promise to David

17:1 When David had settled into his palace,¹² he¹³ said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace¹⁴ made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.”¹⁵

1 Chronicles 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being!¹⁶ Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring¹⁷ the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service¹⁸ into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.”¹⁹

1 Chronicles 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God.²⁰ I have made the preparations for building it.

¹tn Or “eternal covenant.”

²tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”

³tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁴tc The Hebrew text reads מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah, “chariot”), but the final he (ה) is probably dittographic – note the prefixed he (ה) on the immediately following word. It is preferable to read מֶרְכָּב (merkav, “seat”).

⁵tc The Hebrew text does not have “their wings,” but the word כְּנָפַיִם (kÿnafayim, “wings”) has probably been accidentally omitted by homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding לְפֹרְשִׂים (lÿforsim) also ends in mem (ם).

⁴tn Heb “elders.”

⁵tn Or “covenant.”

⁶tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”

⁷tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.”

⁵tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”

⁶tn Heb “house.”

⁷tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.

⁸tn Heb “house.”

⁹tn Heb “tent curtains.”

⁷tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

⁸tn Heb “to bring.”

⁹tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

¹⁰tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”

⁸tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”