1 Chronicles 17:1

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After David had moved into his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house made of cedar wood, but the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [192]} sits under a tent. \{I want to build a temple {\cf2\super [193]} for God.\}”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:1

The Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David. Nathan said, “There were two men in a city. One man was rich. But the other man was poor.

2 Samuel 12:25

The Lord sent word through Nathan the prophet. Nathan gave Solomon the name, Jedidiah. [68] Nathan did this for the Lord.

2 Samuel 6:17

David put up a tent for the Holy Box. [47] The Israelites put the Lord’s Holy Box in its place under the tent. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord.

1 Kings 1:23

The servants told the king, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan went in to speak to the king. Nathan bowed down before the king

1 Kings 1:44

King David sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and all the king’s officers with him. They put Solomon on the king’s own mule.

1 Kings 1:8

But several men did not agree with what Adonijah was doing. These men remained loyal to David. They were Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and King David’s special guard. [1] So these men did not join with Adonijah.

1 Kings 8:17

“My father David wanted very much to build a temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 14:1

Hiram was king of the city of Tyre. Hiram sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent logs from cedar trees, stonecutters, {\cf2\super [147]} and carpenters {\cf2\super [148]} to David. Hiram sent them to build a house for David.

1 Chronicles 15:1

David built houses for himself in the City of David. {\cf2\super [150]} Then he built a place to put the Box of the Agreement. {\cf2\super [151]} He set up a tent for it.

1 Chronicles 16:1

The Levites brought the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [182]} and put it inside the tent David had set up for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God.

1 Chronicles 17:2

Nathan answered David, “You may do what you want to do. God is with you.”

1 Chronicles 22:6

Then David called for his son Solomon. David told Solomon to build the temple {\cf2\super [235]} for the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to Solomon, “My son, I wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. In my heart I wanted to build a place to keep the Box of the Lord’s Agreement. {\cf2\super [299]} I wanted to build a place that would be God’s footstool. {\cf2\super [300]} And I made the plans for building that house for God.

1 Chronicles 29:29

The things that King David did, from beginning to end, are in the books written by Samuel the seer, {\cf2\super [330]} Nathan the prophet {\cf2\super [331]} , and Gad the seer.

2 Chronicles 1:4

David had carried God’s Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [3]} from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem. David had made a place to put it in Jerusalem. David had set up a tent for God’s Box of the Agreement in Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:5

I will not do any of those things\par until I find a house for the Lord,\par a home for the Mighty God of Jacob!”\par

Exodus 26:1

{The Lord said to Moses,} “The Holy Tent [188] should be made from ten curtains. These curtains must be made from fine linen [189] and blue, purple, and red yarn. A skilled worker should sew pictures of Cherub angels [190] with wings into the curtains.

Jeremiah 22:15

“Jehoiakim,\par having a lot of cedar in your house\par does not make you a great king.\par Your father Josiah was satisfied\par to have food and drink.\par He did what was right and fair.\par Josiah did that,\par so everything went well for him.\par

Daniel 4:4

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at my palace. {\cf2\super [38]} I was happy and successful.

Haggai 1:4

“You people think the right time has come for you to live in nice houses. You live in houses with beautiful wooden panelling on the walls. But the Lord’s house is still in ruins!

Haggai 1:9

The Lord All-Powerful says, “You people look for a big harvest. But when you go to gather the crop, there is only a little grain. So you bring that grain home. And then I \{send a wind that\} blows it all away! Why are these things happening? Why? Because my house is still in ruins while each of you runs home to take care of his own house.

Acts 7:46

God was very pleased with David. David asked God to let him build a house (temple {\cf2\super [145]})for him, the God of Jacob.