15 Bible Verses about Building God's Dwelling

And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, please, I [am] living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God [is] staying in the middle of the tent."

And as David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [is] under tent curtains."

until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh: "[Are] you the one to build for me a house for my dwelling?

"Go and say to David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You [are] not to build a house for me to live [in],

Then David said, "This will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."

He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

He himself will build a house for my name, and he himself will be to me a son, and I [will be] to him as a father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'

But Solomon built a house for him.

He himself will build for me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

Arise, O Yahweh, to your resting place, you and your mighty ark.

if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and they pray to you toward their land which you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen and the house that you built for your name,

But the Most High does not live in [houses] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,

the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,