What Does 1 Chronicles 17:1 Mean?

(1) **Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house.**—In both texts the story of this chapter naturally follows that of the removal of the Ark, although the events themselves appear to belong to a later period of David’s reign, “when the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies” (2Samuel 7:1; comp. 1Chronicles 17:8). 1Chronicles 17:11-14 indicate some time before the birth of Solomon, but the date cannot be more exactly determined. **David.**—Thrice in 1Chronicles 17:1-2, for which Samuel has *“*the king.” The chronicler loves the name of his ideal sovereign. **Sat.**—Dwelt. **Lo.**—Samuel, “See, now.” **An house.**—The house—viz., that which Hiram’s craftsmen had built (1Chronicles 14:1, *sqq.*)*.* **Of cedars.**—A vivid allusion to the splendour of the palace, with its doors, walls, and ceilings of cedar wood. “Cedar of Labnana” (Lebanon) was in great request with the Assyrian monarchs of a later age for palace-building. **Under curtains**—i.e., in **a** tent (Habakkuk 3:7). Samuel has, “dwelleth amid the curtain” (collect.). The verb is omitted here for brevity.