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.”

Psalms 132:3-5

132:3 He said, ¹  “I will not enter my own home, ² 

or get into my bed. ³ 

132:4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep,

or my eyelids to slumber,

132:5 until I find a place for the Lord,

a fine dwelling place ⁴  for the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ⁵ 

Matthew 6:33

6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom ⁶  and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Philippians 2:21

2:21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

[132:3]  ¹ tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows is David’s vow.

[132:3]  ² tn Heb “the tent of my house.”

[132:3]  ³ tn Heb “go up upon the bed of my couch.”

[132:5]  ⁴ tn The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; David envisions a special dwelling place (see Pss 43:3; 46:4; 84:1).

[132:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.”

[6:33]  ⁶ tc ‡ Most mss (L W Θ 0233 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy mae) read τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ (thn basileian tou qeou kai thn dikaiosunhn aujtou, “the kingdom of God and his righteousness”) here, but the words “of God” are lacking in א B pc sa bo Eus. On the one hand, there is the possibility of accidental omission on the part of these Alexandrian witnesses, but it seems unlikely that the scribe’s eye would skip over both words (especially since τοῦ θεοῦ is bracketed by first declension nouns). Intrinsically, the author generally has a genitive modifier with βασιλεία – especially θεοῦ or οὐρανῶν (ouranwn) – but this argument cuts both ways: Although he might be expected to use such an adjunct here, scribes might also be familiar with his practice and would thus naturally insert it if it were missing in their copy of Matthew. Although a decision is difficult, the omission of τοῦ θεοῦ is considered most likely to be original. NA²⁷ includes the words in brackets, indicating doubt as to their authenticity.