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

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Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

Samuel told him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today, and he has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

The LORD told Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I've rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I'm sending you to Jesse from Bethlehem because I've chosen for myself one of his sons as king."

But David replied to Michal, "It was in front of the LORD, who appointed me to replace your father and his entire household by selecting me as Commander-in-Chief over Israel, the people of the LORD, that I danced in front of the LORD.

After the king had settled down in his palace and the LORD had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies,

Nevertheless, the LORD God of Israel chose me from my entire ancestral household to be king over Israel forever, since he had chosen Judah as Commander-in-Chief. In my ancestor Judah's household, from my father's household, and from among my father's sons it pleased him to make me king over all of Israel.

But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

The LORD made an oath to David from which he will not retreat: "One of your sons I will set in place on your throne.

And desired

After the king had settled down in his palace and the LORD had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies,

"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

After David had settled down to live in his palace, he spoke with the prophet Nathan. "Look, here I am living in this cedar palace, but the ark of the LORD's covenant remains surrounded by curtains!"

David addressed Solomon: "I have attempted to build a temple to the name of the LORD my God.

King David rose to his feet and said, "My fellow citizens, may I have your attention. I intended to build a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, for a footstool of our God, so I began preparations for its construction.

To the extent that I have been able to do so, I have provided supplies for the Temple of my God, including gold for what is to be made of gold, silver for what is to be made of silver, bronze for what is to be made of bronze, iron for what is to be made of iron, wood for what is to be made of wood, and great quantities of onyx, precious stones, antimony, colored stones, all types of other semi-precious stones, and plenty of marble.

LORD, remember in David's favor all of his troubles;

General references

However, the LORD was pleased with Noah.