David's plan to build a temple gets the same reversal here as in 2 Samuel, God promising to build David's house instead of the other way around. Does the chronicler's version add anything meaningfully different to this exchange? Mostly it tracks clos...
Theological<b>Now it came to pass when David sat</b> In Samuel (II 7:1) it is written: “...and the Lord had given him rest from around him, etc.” [The next verse says] “but the Ark of God dwells within the curtains,” as is written above (ibid. 6:17): “...inside...
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