1 Chronicles 17:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יָשַׁ֥ב דָּוִ֖יד בְּבֵית֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶל־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֗יא הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הֽ͏ָאֲרָזִ֔ים וַאֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת יְרִיעֽוֹת׃ ‬

Transliteration

And wayəhî when yāšaḇ Dāwid in bêṯô, and wayyōʾmer Dāwid to-Nāṯān the-nāḇîʾ, behold ʾānōḵî yôšēḇ in bêṯ the-ʾărāzîm, and ʾărôn bərîṯ-YHWH under yərîʿôṯ.

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass
• *yāšaḇ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - dwelt/sat/remained
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *bêṯô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Nāṯān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Nathan
• *nāḇîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prophet
• *ʾānōḵî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *yôšēḇ*: participle, masculine singular - dwelling/sitting
• *bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *ʾărāzîm*: noun, masculine plural - cedars
• *ʾărôn*: noun, masculine singular - ark
• *bərîṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *yərîʿôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - curtains/tent-cloths

Word Meanings

• *wayəhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *yāšaḇ*: dwelt/sat/remained/lived
• *bêṯô*: his house/dwelling/temple
• *ʾănî*/*ʾānōḵî*: I (emphatic form)
• *yôšēḇ*: dwelling/sitting/remaining/living
• *bêṯ hāʾărāzîm*: house of cedars/cedar house
• *yərîʿôṯ*: curtains/hangings/tent-cloths

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 17:5 : 5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.
• 1 Chr 15:1 : 1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.
• 1 Chr 16:1 : 1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.
• 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now all the acts of David, first and last, are recorded in the words of Samuel the seer, and the words of Nathan the prophet, and the words of Gad the seer;
• 2 Chr 1:4 : 4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 6:7-9 : 7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name: 9 But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
• Ps 132:5 : 5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
• Jer 22:15 : 15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
• Dan 4:4 : 4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my place, and all things were going well for me in my great house:
• Dan 4:29-30 : 29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of his great house in Babylon. 30 The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
• Hag 1:4 : 4 Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
• Hag 1:9 : 9 You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
• Acts 7:46 : 46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.
• Exod 40:19-21 : 19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders. 20 And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it; 21 And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.
• 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.
• 2 Sam 7:1-9 : 1 Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side; 2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you. 4 Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me? 6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent. 7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar? 8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel: 9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth. 10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first, 11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings. 12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. 14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; 15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned. 17 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision. 18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now? 19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God! 20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God. 21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it. 22 Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears. 23 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people? 24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said! 26 And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you! 27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you. 28 And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing; 29 So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
• 2 Sam 12:1 : 1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
• 1 Kgs 1:8 : 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.
• 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.
• 1 Kgs 1:44 : 44 And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:
• 1 Chr 14:1 : 1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.