For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
- KJV For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
- NKJV For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;
- NASB For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.
- NLT For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given us peace, and he will always live in Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
David explained that the LORD had given rest to His people and would dwell in Jerusalem forever. God's settled presence changed the Levites' duties.
Overview
David grounded the reorganization of Levitical service in God's gift of rest and His abiding presence in Jerusalem. Because God would dwell permanently among His people, the nature of the Levites' work would shift from transport to temple ministry. This settled dwelling of God anticipates the fuller reality of God dwelling with His people through Christ and ultimately forever in the new creation.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 22:18“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
- 2 Sam 7:11and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Zech 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
- Ps 135:21Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- 2 Sam 7:1After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
- Col 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- Ps 9:11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
- 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Isa 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- 2 Cor 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Ps 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
- Ps 68:16Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
- 1 Kgs 8:13I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- Joel 3:21For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
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