1 Kings 5:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

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  • 1 Chr 28:3 : 3 But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;
  • 1 Chr 22:8 : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.
  • Josh 10:24 : 24 And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.
  • 2 Sam 7:5-9 : 5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me? 6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent. 7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar? 8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel: 9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth. 10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first, 11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.
  • 1 Chr 22:4-6 : 4 And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David. 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death. 6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 6:6-8 : 6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
  • Ps 8:6 : 6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
  • Ps 110:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.
  • Mal 4:3 : 3 And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
  • 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 5:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

    5And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

    3But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;

  • 1 Chr 22:5-11
    7 verses
    78%

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

    6Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

    8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

    9But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

    10He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

    11Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-10
    4 verses
    78%

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    8But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

    9But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    10And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    18But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

    19But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    20And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    75%

    5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    75%

    4Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    74%

    10From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    74%

    11From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    74%

    2And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    74%

    1And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    74%

    1Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

    12And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    73%

    27For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    73%

    25For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 22:18
    73%

    18Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    73%

    25For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;

  • 2 Sam 7:1
    73%

    1Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;

  • 1 Chr 17:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

    7So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    73%

    2But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
    73%

    12About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    72%

    4And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    72%

    12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    72%

    38And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    72%

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    72%

    10Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • Acts 7:47
    72%

    47But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • 1 Chr 28:20
    72%

    20And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    72%

    2So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
    72%

    15And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    72%

    1Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    72%

    7In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    72%

    13So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    71%

    12And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.