Acts 7:46

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He found favour in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God  of Jacob.

Cross References

Acts 13:22

After removing him,  he raised up David as their king and testified about him, “I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart,  , who will carry out all my will.”

2 Samuel 6:21

David replied to Michal, ‘It was before the Lord who chose me over your father and his whole family to appoint me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel.  I will dance before the Lord,

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.’

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel said to him, ‘The Lord has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today  and has given it to your neighbour who is better than you.

1 Samuel 13:14

but now your reign will not endure.  The Lord has found a man after his own heart,  , and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.’