The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

1 David¹ built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a ^qplace for the ark of God and pitched a ^rtent for it.

The Lord’s Covenant with David

1 ^yNow when David lived in his house, David said to ^zNathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a ^ahouse of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is ^bunder a tent.”

4 (But ^hDavid had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the ⁱplace that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)