1 Chronicles 23:25
Good News Translation
David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given peace to his people, and he himself will live in Jerusalem forever.

New Revised Standard Version
For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he resides in Jerusalem forever.

Contemporary English Version
David said: The LORD God of Israel has given his people peace, and he will live in Jerusalem forever.

New American Bible
David said: “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and has taken up his dwelling in Jerusalem forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.

The Lord

1 Chronicles 22:18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your God is with you, and hath given you rest round about, and hath delivered all your enemies into your hands, and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

2 Samuel 7:1,11 And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, . . .

that they may dwell in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 8:13,27 Building, I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever. . . .

Psalm 9:11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Psalm 68:16,18 Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end. . . .

Psalm 132:13,14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. . . .

Psalm 135:21 Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 8:18 Behold I and my children, whom the Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Sion.

Joel 3:21 And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

Zechariah 8:3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am returned to Sion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, The sanctified mountain.

2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people.

Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally.

Context
Levite Duties Revised
24These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward. 25For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.26And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:18
Saying: You see, that the Lord your God is with you, and hath given you rest round about, and hath delivered all your enemies into your hands, and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

2 Chronicles 23:18
And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests, and the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord: to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David.

1 Chronicles 23:24
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