⁴⁵Which also our fathers ^||that came after ^qbrought in with ^rJesus into the possession of the Gentiles, ^swhom God drave out before the face of our fathers, ^tunto the days of David; ⁴⁶Who ^ufound favour before God, and ^wdesired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

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Footnotes

||[Or, having received].
r Heb. 4:8 marg.
sSee Ps. 44:2.
uSee Luke 1:30. So ch. 13:22.
wSee 1 Chr. 22:7.

Cross references

q Josh. 3:14.
t 2 Sam. 7:2.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David, who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David. He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

NLTNew Living Translation

Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.

“David found favor with God and asked for the privilege of building a permanent Temple for the God of Jacob.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and which, after receiving it in turn, our fathers brought in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.