15:1 And [David] made him houses in the {a} city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
(a) That was in Zion 2Sa 5:7,9.
15:1 Houses - A palace consisting of many houses or apartments for his several wives and children. A tent - He did not fetch the tabernacle of Moses from Gibeon, because he intended forthwith to build the temple.
15:1-24 Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order