Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

Bible References

Stood up

Genesis 48:2
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes unto you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
1 Kings 1:47
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

My brethren

1 Chronicles 11:1
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
Deuteronomy 17:15
You shall surely set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, who is not your brother.
Psalm 22:22
I will declare your name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise you.
Hebrews 2:11
For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

I had in mine heart

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 a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.
2 Samuel 7:1
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest all around from all his enemies;
1 Kings 8:17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Rest

1 Chronicles 6:31
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark had rest.
Psalm 132:3
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

The footstool

Psalm 99:5
Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalm 132:7
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Lamentations 2:1
How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Acts 7:49
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? says the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

Had made ready

1 Chronicles 18:7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 22:2
And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.

General references

Exodus 35:21
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.
1 Kings 8:17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.