1 Chronicles 28:2
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2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. (A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the (B)footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
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Isaiah 66:1
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The Humble and Contrite in Spirit
66 (A)Thus says the Lord:
(B)“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
Psalm 99:5
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Lamentations 2:1
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The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity
2 How the Lord in his anger
has set the daughter of Zion (A)under a cloud!
(B)He has cast down from heaven to earth
the splendor of Israel;
he has not remembered (C)his footstool
in the day of his anger.
1 Chronicles 17:1-2
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The Lord's Covenant with David
17 (A)Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” 2 And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
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Hebrews 2:11-12
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11 For (A)he who sanctifies and (B)those who are sanctified (C)all have one source.[a] That is why he is not ashamed to call them (D)brothers,[b] 12 saying,
(E)“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the (F)congregation I will sing your praise.”
Footnotes
- Hebrews 2:11 Greek all are of one
- Hebrews 2:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 12
Acts 7:49
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49 (A)“‘Heaven is my throne,
(B)and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
Psalm 132:14
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Psalm 132:3-8
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3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
4 I will not (A)give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I (B)find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for (C)the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Behold, we heard of it in (D)Ephrathah;
we found it in (E)the fields of Jaar.
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us (F)worship at his (G)footstool!”
Psalm 22:22
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22 (A)I will tell of your name to my (B)brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
1 Chronicles 22:14
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14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord (A)100,000 talents[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and (B)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.
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- 1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Chronicles 22:2-5
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David Prepares for Temple Building
2 David commanded to gather together the (A)resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he (B)set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God. 3 David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, (C)as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, 4 and cedar timbers without number, (D)for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David. 5 For David said, (E)“Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.
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1 Chronicles 18:7-11
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7 And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from (A)Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. (B)With it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
9 When (C)Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king (D)of Zobah, 10 he sent his son (E)Hadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against (F)Hadadezer and defeated him; for (G)Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze. 11 These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from (H)Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
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1 Chronicles 11:1-3
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David Anointed King
11 (A)Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. 2 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord your God said to you, (B)‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, (C)according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
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1 Chronicles 6:31
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31 These are the men (A)whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord (B)after the ark rested there.
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1 Kings 8:17-18
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17 (A)Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
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1 Kings 1:47
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47 Moreover, the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, (A)‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king (B)bowed himself on the bed.
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2 Samuel 7:1-2
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Deuteronomy 17:20
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20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he (A)may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, (B)so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.
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Deuteronomy 17:15
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15 you may indeed set a king over you (A)whom the Lord your God will choose. One (B)from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
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Genesis 48:2
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2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.
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