Acts 7:46 Cross References - Thomson

⁴⁶ who found favour in the sight of God, and made it his petition to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

²⁸ Thereupon Samuel said to him, The Lord hath rent thy regal government from Israel, this day, out of thy hand, and will give it to a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou,

¹ therefore the Lord said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul? As for me, I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill thy horn with oil, and come, let me send thee to Jessai to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

¹¹ Then Samuel said to Jessai, Are these all thy children? And he said, There is still one more, the youngest. Behold he is tending the flock. And Samuel said to Jessai, Send for him; for we cannot sit down till he come. ¹² So he sent for him. Now he was of a ruddy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and comely in appearance to the Lord, and the Lord said to Samuel, Arise and anoint David, for he is good. ¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And a Spirit of the Lord came upon David, from that day forward. Then Samuel arose and went to Armathaim.

²¹ Whereupon David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord, who hath chosen me in preference to thy father, and in preference to all his house, to make me ruler over his people, over Israel. Wherefore I will play and dance before the Lord,

¹ Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side, from all his enemies round about, ² the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth in the midst of the tabernacle. ³ Upon which Nathan said to the king, Whatever may be in thy heart, go and do; for the Lord is with thee. ⁴ But that night a word of the Lord came to Nathan saying, ⁵ Go and say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Art not thou to build me a house to dwell in?

⁸ But now, thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepcot to be ruler over my people; over Israel; ⁹ and I have been with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and have destroyed all thine enemies from before thee, and made thee renowned according to the renown of the great men on the earth; ¹⁰ and I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall no more be in trouble; nor shall a son of wickedness any more humble them as heretofore, ¹¹ from the days I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies, and the Lord will tell thee that thou art to build a house for him. ¹² And it shall come to pass when thy days are fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up after thee the seed of thee who shall spring from thy loins, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for my name, and I will raise up again his throne for ever. ¹⁴ I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when his iniquity shall come, I will correct him with a rod of men, and with scourges of the children of men, ¹⁵ but I will not withdraw my mercy from him as I withdrew it from them whom I removed from my presence. ¹⁶ His house and his kingdom shall be established for ever before me and his throne shall be raised up again for ever.

¹⁸ Whereupon king David went in and sat down before the Lord, and said, Who am I, Lord, my Lord! and what is my house that thou hast loved me to such a degree! ¹⁹ Though I was contemptibly little before thee, Lord, my Lord! yet thon hast spoken respecting the house of thy servant for a great while to come. With regard to this law of the man, Lord, my Lord!

¹⁷ But when it was in the heart of my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel, ¹⁸ the Lord said to David my father, Because it came into thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart; ¹⁹ but as for thee, thou art not to build a house for me, but thy son only who hath sprung from thy loins; he shall build the house for my name.

¹ When David was settled in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is beneath curtains of skin. ² Thereupon Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in thy heart; for God is with thee. ³ But that very night there came to Nathan a word of the Lord, ⁴ Go, and say to David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.

⁷ And David said to Solomon, My son, it was in my mind to build a house for the name of the Lord God, ⁸ when there came to me a word from the Lord saying, Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast shed much blood on the earth before me.

² he stood up in the midst of the assembly and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people, I had it on my mind to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and had provided what were suitable for the building; ³ but God said, Thou shalt not build a house for me, to be called by my name; for thou art a warrior and hast shed much blood. ⁴ Now the Lord God of Israel chose me in preference to all my father's house to be king over Israel forever, As he chose the royalty in Juda, and my father's house out of the house of Juda and among the sons of my father, it was his pleasure that I should be king over all Israel; ⁵ so in preference to all my sons, for the Lord hath given me many sons, he hath made choice of my son Solomon, to set him on the throne of the Lord's kingdom, over Israel.

² According to my utmost ability I have provided for the house of my God, gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, stones of Soam, and stones to be set, precious and variegated, every kind of precious stones, and Parian marble in abundance. ³ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, the gold and silver which I kept for myself, behold this I have given for the house of my God, over and above what I provided for the house of the Holies;

⁶⁸ but made choice of the tribe of Juda; of this mount Sion which he loved, ⁶⁹ and built his sanctuary like that of unicorns; in this land he founded it for this age, ⁷⁰ and he chose David his servant and took him from the flocks of sheep; ⁷¹ he took them from tending the ewes with young to feed his servant Jacob and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² And he fed them in the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skill of his hands.

¹⁹ At that time thou didst speak in vision to thy children and say, "I have laid help on one who is Mighty: I have exalted a chosen one of my people; ²⁰ I have found David my servant; I have anointed him with holy oil. ²¹ My hand will indeed support him. And him mine arm will strengthen. ²² Over him an enemy shall not gain advantage; nor shall a son of wickedness any more afflict him. ²³ For before him I will hew down his enemies: and them who hate him I will put to flight. ²⁴ And my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and by my name his horn shall be exalted. ²⁵ And I will put his hand on the sea; and his right hand on the rivers: ²⁶ and he will invoke me saying, Thou art my father; my God and the support of my salvation; ²⁷ and I will set him as a first born; high above all the kings of the earth. ²⁸ My mercy I will keep for him evermore. And my covenant with him shall be firm. ²⁹ And I will establish his seed forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and do not walk in my judgments; ³¹ If they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commandments: ³² I will visit their transgressions with a rod; and their iniquities with scourges. ³³ But from him I will not withdraw my mercy; nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ I will not violate my covenant; nor annul what have passed my lips. ³⁵ Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; that I will not be false to David. ³⁶ His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me; ³⁷ and as the moon forever fixed: and the witness in heaven is faithful."

¹ A Song of the steps. LORD, remember David, and all his meek humility; ² how he sware to the Lord, and made his vow to the God of Jacob: ³ "I will not enter the lodging of my house, nor go up to my bed of rest; ⁴ nor give sleep to mine eyes or slumber to mine eyelids; ⁵ nor rest to my temples; until I find a place for the Lord; a habitation for the God of Jacob."

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn a truth to David, and will not annul it; of the fruit of thy body I will set on thy throne;

²² Then having removed him, he raised up for them David to be king, to whom he gave this testimony, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will execute all my orders."