Acts 7:46

David found favor with God and desired to build a dwelling for the God of Jacob. His longing to honor God was sincere, yet God's presence transcends any building.

Cross-references · 17

• Ps 132:1–5A Song of Ascents. Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
• Acts 13:22When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
• 2 Sam 7:1–5When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
• 1 Chr 22:7–8David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
• 1 Sam 16:11–13Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
• 2 Sam 7:18–19Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
• 2 Sam 7:8–16Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.
• 1 Sam 16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
• 1 Chr 17:1–4When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
• 2 Sam 6:21David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.
• 1 Chr 28:2–5Then 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 Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
• Ps 78:68–72But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
• Ps 132:11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
• Ps 89:19–37Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
• 1 Sam 15:28Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
• 1 Chr 29:2–3Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the brass for the things of brass, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
• 1 Kgs 8:17–19“Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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