Acts 7:46

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Summary

Acts 7:46

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Found

And desired

Psalm 132:1

General references

Genesis 6:8

Bible References

Found

After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me,

who will carry out all My will.’

Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

David replied to Michal, “I was dancing before the Lord who chose me over your father and his whole family to appoint me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the Lord,

When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.

You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
“I will set one of your descendants
on your throne.

And desired

When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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.”

“My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting, antimony,

stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.

A song of ascents.Lord, remember David
and all the hardships he endured,

General references

Noah, however, found favor in the sight of the Lord.