1 Chronicles 28:2

David's Charge To Israel

¹ David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders (officials) of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, with the palace officers and the mighty men, and all the brave warriors. ² Then David the king rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers [in arms] and my people. I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and as a footstool for our God, and I prepared materials for the building. ³ But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

Ark of the Covenant

Ark of the Lord

Build a Temple

Covenant of the Lord

Give Ear

Listen to Me

My People

David

Jehovah

Psalm 99:5

Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?

1 Chronicles 17:1-2

As David sat in his house (palace), he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a house of cedars, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
With a cloud in His anger!
He has cast down from heaven to the earth
The glory and splendor of Israel
And has not remembered His footstool
In the day of His anger.

Genesis 48:2

And when Jacob (Israel) was told, “Look now, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

Deuteronomy 17:15

you shall most certainly set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses. You shall set a king over you from among your countrymen (brothers); you may not choose a foreigner [to rule] over you who is not your countryman.

Deuteronomy 17:20

so that his heart will not be lifted up above his countrymen [by a false sense of self-importance and self-reliance] and that he will not turn away (deviate) from the commandment, to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may continue [to reign] for a long time in his kingdom in Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1-2

When King David lived in his house (palace) and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

1 Kings 1:47

Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless (congratulate) our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better (more famous) than your name and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself [before God] upon the bed.

1 Kings 8:17-18

Now it was [determined] in the heart of my father David to build a house (temple) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 6:31

Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark [of the covenant] rested there.

1 Chronicles 11:1-3

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

1 Chronicles 18:7-11

David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 22:2-5

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he assigned stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Now listen, with great trouble I have prepared and provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for they are great in quantity. I have also prepared and provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

Psalm 22:22

I will tell of Your name to my countrymen;
In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.

Psalm 132:3-8

“I absolutely will not enter my house,
Nor get into my bed—

Psalm 132:14

“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is My throne,
And the earth is the footstool for My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
‘Or what place is there for My rest?

Hebrews 2:11-12

Both Jesus who sanctifies and those who are sanctified [that is, spiritually transformed, made holy, and set apart for God’s purpose] are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,