Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.
Ver. 5. Until I find out a place for the Lord] The Jewish doctors tell us, that as the earth is in the middle of the world, so is Judea in the middle of the earth, Jerusalem in the middle of Judea, the temple in the middle of Jerusalem, and the ark in the middle of the temple.
An habitation] Heb. habitations; haply because the temple consisted of three parts, or partitions.