2 Samuel 5:11

5:11 King Hiram of Tyre ¹  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace ²  for David.

2 Samuel 7:2

7:2 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.”

2 Samuel 7:7

7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ³  to any of the leaders ⁴  whom I appointed to care for ⁵  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

¹ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

² tn Heb “a house.”

³ tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

⁴ tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

⁵ tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).