1 Chronicles 15:1

David prepares to bring the chest to Jerusalem

1 After he had built houses for himself in David's City, David prepared a place for God's chest and pitched a tent for it.

1 Chronicles 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:1

And David made him houses in the city of David
With the help of the masons and carpenters Hiram sent him, ( 1 Chronicles 14:1 ) , the royal palace is meant, with all the apartments in it, which were many and large, as so great a family he had required, and with all the out houses to it necessary for his servants, and their offices:

and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent;
see ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ) .

1 Chronicles 15:1 In-Context

1 After he had built houses for himself in David's City, David prepared a place for God's chest and pitched a tent for it.

2 David said, "Only the Levites may carry God's chest, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the LORD's chest and to minister to him forever."

3 David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring the LORD's chest to the place he had prepared for it.

4 David also gathered Aaron's family and the Levites:

5 Uriel, the leader of Kohath's family, and 120 of his relatives;