1 Chronicles 28:2
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2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren 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 (B)the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
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Isaiah 66:1
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True Worship and False
66 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
Psalm 99:5
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5 Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.
Lamentations 2:1
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God’s Anger with Jerusalem
2 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a (A)cloud in His anger!
(B)He cast down from heaven to the earth
(C)The beauty of Israel,
And did not remember (D)His footstool
In the day of His anger.
1 Chronicles 17:1-2
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God’s Covenant with David(A)
17 Now (B)it came to pass, when David was dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”
2 Then 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)both He who [a]sanctifies and those who are being sanctified (B)are all of one, for which reason (C)He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 saying:
(D)“I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”
Footnotes
- Hebrews 2:11 sets apart
Acts 7:49
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49 ‘Heaven(A) is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
Psalm 132:14
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14 “This(A) is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
Psalm 132:3-8
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3 “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,
Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
4 I will (A)not give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 Until I (B)find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Behold, we heard of it (C)in Ephrathah;
(D)We found it (E)in the fields of [a]the woods.
7 Let us go into His tabernacle;
(F)Let us worship at His footstool.
8 (G)Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and (H)the ark of Your strength.
Footnotes
- Psalm 132:6 Heb. Jaar, lit. Woods
Psalm 22:22
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1 Chronicles 22:14
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14 Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron (A)beyond measure, for it is so abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.
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1 Chronicles 22:2-5
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2 So David commanded to gather the (A)aliens who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to (B)cut hewn stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and for the joints, and bronze in abundance (C)beyond measure, 4 and cedar trees in abundance; for the (D)Sidonians and those from Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5 Now David said, (E)“Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all countries. I will now make preparation for it.” So David made abundant preparations 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 on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Also from [a]Tibhath and from [b]Chun, cities of [c]Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of (A)bronze, with which (B)Solomon made the bronze [d]Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.
9 Now when [e]Tou king of Hamath heard that David had [f]defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 10 he sent [g]Hadoram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and [h]defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of (C)articles of gold, silver, and bronze. 11 King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from Moab, from the (D)people of Ammon, from the (E)Philistines, and from (F)Amalek.
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- 1 Chronicles 18:8 Betah, 2 Sam. 8:8
- 1 Chronicles 18:8 Berothai, 2 Sam. 8:8
- 1 Chronicles 18:8 Heb. Hadarezer
- 1 Chronicles 18:8 Great laver or basin
- 1 Chronicles 18:9 Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10
- 1 Chronicles 18:9 Lit. struck
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 Joram, 2 Sam. 8:10
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 Lit. struck
1 Chronicles 11:1-3
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David Made King over All Israel(A)
11 Then (B)all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh. 2 Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord your (C)God said to you, ‘You shall (D)shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.’ ” 3 Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And (E)they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord [a]by (F)Samuel.
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- 1 Chronicles 11:3 Lit. by the hand of Samuel
1 Chronicles 6:31
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Musicians in the House of the Lord
31 Now these are (A)the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the (B)ark came to rest.
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1 Kings 8:17-18
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17 Now (A)it was in the heart of my father David to build a [a]temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 18 (B)But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.
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- 1 Kings 8:17 Lit. house, and so in vv. 18–20
1 Kings 1:47
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47 And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, (A)‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ (B)Then the king bowed himself on the bed.
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2 Samuel 7:1-2
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God’s Covenant with David(A)
7 Now it came to pass (B)when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around, 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in (C)a house of cedar, (D)but the ark of God dwells inside tent (E)curtains.”
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Deuteronomy 17:20
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20 that his heart may not [a]be lifted above his brethren, that he (A)may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may [b]prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.
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- Deuteronomy 17:20 become proud
- Deuteronomy 17:20 continue long in his kingdom
Deuteronomy 17:15
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15 you shall surely set a king over you (A)whom the Lord your God chooses; one (B)from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
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Genesis 48:2
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2 And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel [a]strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.
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- Genesis 48:2 Collected his strength
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