1 Kings 8:17

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Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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  • 2 Sam 7:2-3 : 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains in a tent." 3 Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."
  • 1 Chr 17:1-9 : 1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent." 2 Nathan replied to David, "Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you." 3 But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 "Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 5 For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle. 6 In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" 7 Now then, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. 9 I will provide a place for my people Israel and plant them so they can live in their own land and not be disturbed again. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning, 10 and as they have done since the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you. 11 When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never withdraw my steadfast love from him as I did from the one who was before you. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever. 15 Nathan relayed all these words and this entire vision to David.
  • 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'
  • 1 Chr 28:2 : 2 Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it.

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  • 2 Chr 6:5-10
    6 verses
    95%

    5 'From the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

    6 But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'

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

    8 But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.

    9 However, you shall not build the house; instead, your son, who will come from your body, he shall build the house for My name.'

    10 The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke, and I have taken the place of my father David and now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:18-21
    4 verses
    92%

    18 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well to have this desire in your heart.'

    19 Nevertheless, you will not build the house yourself; rather, your son, your own descendant, will build the house for My name.

    20 The LORD has fulfilled His word that He spoke: I have arisen in place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have also built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    21 And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-8
    4 verses
    89%

    5 David said, 'My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent to promote His name and glory throughout all lands. Therefore, I will make preparations for it.' So David made extensive preparations before his death.

    6 Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7 David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

    8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed abundant blood on the earth in my sight.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15 He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying:'

    16 'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    83%

    5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    83%

    2 Then King David stood to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and a footstool for our God, and I made preparations to build it.

    3 But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

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

    2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    79%

    4 "Go and tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

  • 1 Chr 17:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    24 so that your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God.' And may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    25 You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    79%

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    79%

    27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    78%

    12 He will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 He will build a house for my name, and he will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    78%

    1 Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
    78%

    6 In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    77%

    3 This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

  • 1 Chr 28:6
    77%

    6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26 'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

    27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

  • 2 Sam 7:7
    77%

    7 In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    76%

    1 David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    76%

    13 I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    76%

    16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    76%

    1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, the one chosen by God, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great because this temple is not for man but for the LORD God."

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    76%

    13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    76%

    10 and as they have done since the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    76%

    10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    75%

    1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    75%

    38 If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 2 Sam 5:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    12 Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    75%

    8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    75%

    16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    75%

    2 And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

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