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

Jehovah's angel told Gad to command David to go and build an altar to Jehovah at Araunah's threshing place.

He was filled with reverence. He said: This is an awesome place! Certainly, this is the house of God and the gateway to the heavens!

You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go.

Gad came to David and said: Go, set up an altar for Jehovah at Araunah the Jebusite's threshing floor.

Solomon began to build Jehovah's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. That is where Jehovah appeared to his father David. David had prepared the site on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Since I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I did not choose any city from the tribes of Israel as a place to build a Temple for my name. And I did not choose any man to be prince over my people Israel.

He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.

Jehovah has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain. But you say Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

And this is the altar

If you say to me: We trust in Jehovah our God, is he not the one whose high places and altars have been taken away by Hezekiah. For he told Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

Did Hezekiah not tear down all except one of Jehovah's altars and places of worship? And did he not tell you people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship at that one place?