Acts 7:47 · KJV
“But Solomon built him an house.”
— Acts 7:47
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts 7 — Context
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; {that...: or, having received}
46Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47But Solomon built him an house.
48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49Heaven {is} my throne, and earth {is} my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what {is} the place of my rest?
Cross References
1 Kings 8:20
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Kings 6:37-38
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
1 Chronicles 17:1
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD {remaineth} under curtains.
1 Kings 7:13-51
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. {Hiram: also called, Huram}
2 Chronicles 2:1-4
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
1 Kings 5:1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. {Hiram: also called, Huram}
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where {the LORD} appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. {where...: or, which was seen of David his father} {Ornan: also called, Araunah}
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