1 Tawarikh 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David ¹  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, ² 

1 Tawarikh 17:1

God Makes a Promise to David

17:1 When David had settled into his palace, ³  he ⁴  said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace ⁵  made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” ⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 17:5

17:5 For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt ⁷  to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places. ⁸ 

[16:37]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:37]  ² tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”

[17:1]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[17:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[17:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “tent curtains.”

[17:5]  ⁷ tn The words “from Egypt” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[17:5]  ⁸ tc Heb “and I was from tent to tent and from tabernacle.” The words אֶל־מִשְּׁכָּן (’el-mishÿkan, “to tabernacle”) should probably be added at the end of the sentence to complete this prepositional phrase and produce symmetry with the preceding prepositional phrase. The words probably fell from the text by homoioteleuton.

[17:5]  sn I have lived in a tent that has been in various places. The point here is that the Lord moved with the tabernacle as it moved from place to place; he did not confine himself to a particular location.