Acts 7:46

God's Real Tabernacle

⁴⁵ which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the lands of the nations, whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David; ⁴⁶ who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob; ⁴⁷ but Solomon built him a house.

Before God

Favor with God

Found Favor with God

In the Sight of God

Pleasing to God

With God

O God

David

Jacob

Psalm 132:1-5

{A Song of degrees.} Jehovah, remember for David all his affliction;

Acts 13:22

And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

1 Samuel 16:1

And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 Samuel 7:1-5

And it came to pass when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

2 Samuel 7:8-16

And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;

2 Samuel 7:18-19

And king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said, Who am I, Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

1 Chronicles 17:1-4

And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.

1 Samuel 15:28

Then Samuel said to him, Jehovah has rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and has given it to thy neighbour, who is better than thou.

1 Samuel 16:11-13

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither.

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel; and I played before Jehovah.

1 Kings 8:17-19

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

1 Chronicles 22:7-8

And David said to Solomon, As for me, my son, I was minded to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

1 Chronicles 28:2-5

And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build.

1 Chronicles 29:2-3

And I have prepared according to all my power for the house of my God gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, and brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and white marble in abundance.

Psalm 78:68-72

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

Psalm 89:19-37

Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalm 132:11

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;