Acts 7:46

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Acts 7:46

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

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And desired

Psalm 132:1

General references

Genesis 6:8

Bible References

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And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.

And Samuel said unto him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go, I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I make merry before the LORD.

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest all around from all his enemies;

However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel:

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

The LORD has sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne.

And desired

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest all around from all his enemies;

And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a 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:

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistening stones, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

[A song of ascents.] LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:

General references

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.