Acts 7:47

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And it was finally King Solomon who built a house for God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.

1 Kings 5:1

King Hiram of Tyre had always been friends with Solomon's father David. When Hiram learnt that Solomon was king, he sent some of his officials to meet with Solomon.

1 Kings 6:1

Solomon's workers started building the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year. It had been four years since Solomon became king of Israel, and four hundred and eighty years since the people of Israel left Egypt.

1 Kings 8:20

The LORD has done what he promised. I am the king of Israel like my father, and I've built a temple for the LORD our God.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Soon after David moved into his new palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look around! I live in a palace made of cedar, but the sacred chest is kept in a tent.”

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon's workers began building the temple in Jerusalem on the second day of the second month, four years after Solomon had become king of Israel. It was built on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to David at the threshing place that had belonged to Araunah from Jebus.