Verse 2
Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
- Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
- Lam 2:1 : 1 How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
- 1 Chr 17:1-2 : 1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains. 2 Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
- 1 Chr 18:7-9 : 7 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah, 10 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and struck him; (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
- 1 Chr 22:2-5 : 2 David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God. 3 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4 and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David. 5 David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
- 1 Chr 22:14 : 14 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
- Ps 22:22 : 22 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.
- Acts 7:49 : 49 'heaven is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'Or what is the place of my rest?
- Heb 2:11-12 : 11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, 12 saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."
- Gen 48:2 : 2 Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
- Deut 17:15 : 15 you shall surely set him king over you, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
- Deut 17:20 : 20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- 2 Sam 7:1-2 : 1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies round about, 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
- 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne: and the king bowed himself on the bed.
- 1 Kgs 8:17-18 : 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 18 But Yahweh 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:
- 1 Chr 6:31 : 31 These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest.
- 1 Chr 11:1-3 : 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you, 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 to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.
- Ps 132:3-8 : 3 "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, Nor go up into my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, Or slumber to my eyelids; 5 Until I find out a place for Yahweh, A dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." 6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar: 7 "We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; You, and the ark of your strength.
- Ps 132:14 : 14 "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.