Chronicles I 15:1

1 And made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.

Chronicles I 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 ) .

Chronicles I 15:1 In-Context

1 And made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.

2 Then said David, It is not to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he prepared for it.

4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites.

5 Of the sons of Caath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.