Psalms 78:69

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He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

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  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
  • 1 Kgs 6:1-9 : 1 The Building of the Temple In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv(the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple. 2 The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple. 4 He made framed windows for the temple. 5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. 6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. 8 The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor. 9 He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar. 10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams. 11 The LORD’s message came to Solomon: 12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. 13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.” 14 So Solomon finished building the temple. 15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. 16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. 18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. 19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there. 20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. 21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. 22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. 23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high. 24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. 25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. 26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high. 27 He put the cherubim in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. 28 He plated the cherubim with gold. 29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. 30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. 31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. 32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold. 33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 34 He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings. 36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams. 37 In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the LORD’s temple. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul(the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.
  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying,‘Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?’
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 The People Contribute to the Project King David said to the entire assembly:“My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”
  • 2 Chr 2:9 : 9 to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
  • 2 Chr 3:4 : 4 The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.
  • Job 26:7 : 7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm. 91 Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants.
  • Isa 48:13 : 13 Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him– all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers– all things were created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

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    68He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

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    12He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

  • Ps 87:1
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    1Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The LORD’s city is in the holy hills.

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    75%

    70He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    75%

    13O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • Ps 68:16
    74%

    16Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!

  • Ps 89:2-4
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    2For I say,“Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”

    3The LORD said,“I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

    4‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.’”(Selah)

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    74%

    2O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    74%

    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

    14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    74%

    13He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

  • Jer 17:12
    73%

    12Jeremiah Appeals to the Lord for Vindication Then I said,“LORD, from the very beginning you have been seated on your glorious throne on high. You are the place where we can find refuge.

  • Ps 89:36-37
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    72%

    36His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

    37it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”(Selah)

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    72%

    8They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    72%

    16Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

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    72%

    35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

  • Acts 7:47
    72%

    47But Solomon built a house for him.

  • Ps 104:5
    71%

    5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.

  • Ps 89:11
    71%

    11The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

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    71%

    16He told David,‘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 temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

  • Ps 114:2
    71%

    2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

  • Ps 89:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.

    29I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

  • Ps 76:2
    70%

    2He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
    70%

    7I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’

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    70%

    19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

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    70%

    14I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’”

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    70%

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    70%

    26I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.

  • 2 Chr 33:4
    70%

    4He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”

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    70%

    54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

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    70%

    1David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

  • Ps 24:2
    70%

    2For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

  • Exod 25:8
    70%

    8Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.

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    70%

    17You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O LORD, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
    70%

    25So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    69%

    10He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    69%

    1David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

  • 2 Sam 7:16
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    16Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    69%

    10Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

  • Ps 102:16
    69%

    16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

  • Ps 93:2
    69%

    2Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    69%

    7Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    69%

    27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • Ps 61:7
    69%

    7May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    69%

    7He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.