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
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.
1 Kings 1:47
“The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more well known than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ Then the king bowed in worship on his bed.

My brethren

1 Chronicles 11:1
All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
Deuteronomy 17:15
you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people.
Psalm 22:22
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
I will praise You in the congregation.
Hebrews 2:11
For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

I had in mine heart

1 Chronicles 17:1
When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.”
2 Samuel 7:1
When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
1 Kings 8:17
It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Rest

1 Chronicles 6:31
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord’s temple after the ark came to rest there.
Psalm 132:3
“I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,

The footstool

Psalm 99:5
Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His footstool.
He is holy.
Psalm 132:7
Let us go to His dwelling place;
let us worship at His footstool.
Isaiah 66:1
This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?
Lamentations 2:1
How the Lord has overshadowed
Daughter Zion with His anger!
He has thrown down Israel’s glory
from heaven to earth.
He has abandoned His footstool
in the day of His anger.
Acts 7:49
Heaven is My throne,
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?

Had made ready

1 Chronicles 18:7
David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 22:2
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.

General references

Exodus 35:21
Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
1 Kings 8:17
It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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