1 Chronicles 22:1

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Summary

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

This is the house

And this is the altar

2 Kings 18:22

2 Chronicles 32:12

Bible References

This is the house

The angel of the LORD told Gad to tell David that David was to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor that belonged to Ornan the Jebusite.

In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"

Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the LORD your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live.

That very day, Gad approached David and told him, "Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor that belongs to Araunah the Jebusite."

So Solomon began construction of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, that is, where David had prepared Ornan the Jebusite's threshing floor.

"From the day I brought out my people from the land of Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. And I never chose any man to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel.

He abandoned the tent at Shiloh, the tent that he established among mankind.

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain. But you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem."

And this is the altar

""Of course, you might tell me, "We rely on the LORD our God!" But isn't it he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has demolished, all the while telling Jerusalem, "You're to worship in front of this altar in Jerusalem?"'

Isn't this the very same Hezekiah who removed this god's high places and altars? Isn't this the same Hezekiah who issued this order to Judah and Jerusalem: "You are to worship in front of only one altar and burn your sacrifices only on it."?