1 Tawarikh 22:4

22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

1 Tawarikh 14:1

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ¹  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ²  and carpenters to build a palace for him.

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 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁷  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁸  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

[14:1]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[14:1]  ² tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

[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.”

[17:6]  ⁷ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”