1 Kings 5:3

Easy To Read Version

“You remember that my father, King David, had to fight many wars all around him. So he was never able to build a temple to honor the Lord his God. King David was waiting until the Lord allowed him to defeat all his enemies.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:19

But you are not the one that I have chosen to build the temple. Your son will build my temple!’

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the Lord said to me, ‘David, you have fought many wars and you have killed many people. So you can’t build a temple for my name.

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 28:3

But God said to me, ‘No David, you must not build a house for my name. You must not do that because you are a soldier, and you have killed many men.’

2 Chronicles 9:4

She saw the food on Solomon’s table, and his many important officials. She saw the way his servants worked and the clothes they wore. She saw Solomon’s wine servers and the clothes they wore. She saw the burnt offerings {\cf2\super [146]} Solomon made in the temple {\cf2\super [147]} of the Lord. When the Queen of Sheba saw all these things she was amazed!

Nehemiah 5:17

Also, I regularly fed 150 Jews that were always welcome at my table. And I fed the people that came to us from the nations around us.

Nehemiah 5:18

Every day I fixed this much food for the people that ate at my table: one cow, six good sheep, and different kinds of birds. And every ten days all kinds of wine were brought to my table. Yet, I never demanded the food that was allowed for the governor. \{I never forced the people to pay those taxes to pay for my food.\} I knew that the work the people were doing was very hard.

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my master,\par “Sit by me at my right side,\par while I put your enemies\par under your control. {\cf2\super [572]} ”\par

Psalm 8:6

You put people in charge of\par everything you made.\par You put everything under their {\cf2\super [44]} control.\par

Malachi 4:3

Then you will walk on those evil people—they will be like ashes under your feet. I will make those things happen at that time of judgment.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things!

1 Corinthians 15:25

Christ must rule until God puts all enemies under Christ’s control. {\cf2\super [111]}

Ephesians 1:22

God put everything under Christ’s power. And God gave him to be the head (ruler) over everything for the church.

Deuteronomy 14:5

deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild sheep, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.

Joshua 10:24

They brought the five kings to Joshua. Joshua called all his men to come to that place. Joshua said to the officers of his army, “Come here! Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the officers of Joshua’s army came close. They put their feet on the necks of the kings.