1 Chronicles 28:2

Modern English Version

So King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, a footstool for the feet of our God, so I prepared to build it.

Cross References

Genesis 48:2

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph is coming to you,” Israel strengthened himself and sat up in the bed.

1 Kings 1:47

Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

1 Kings 5:3

“You know how David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars all around him, until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4

Go and tell David My servant: Thus says the Lord: You will not build a house for Me to dwell in,

1 Chronicles 22:14

“With great difficulty I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver as well as innumerable quantities of bronze and iron, beyond measure. I have also prepared timber and stone to which you may add even more.

1 Chronicles 22:6

Then David called Solomon his son and commanded him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God,

1 Chronicles 6:31

These are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there.

2 Chronicles 6:7

“And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Psalm 132:14

“This is My resting place forever; here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

Psalm 132:2

how he swore to the Lord, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

Psalm 22:22

I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

Psalm 99:5

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool! Holy is He!

Isaiah 60:13

The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the house that you could build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel; He has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.

Ezekiel 43:7

He said to me: Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites forever. And My holy name shall the house of Israel defile no more, nor they nor their kings by their harlotry, nor by the corpses of their kings when they die.

Matthew 25:16

He who had received the five talents went and traded with them and made another five talents.

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, or what is the place of My rest?

Deuteronomy 17:15

you must set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. You must select a king over you who is from among your brothers. You may not select a foreigner over you who is not your countryman.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart will not be lifted up above his brothers and so that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, to the end, so that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.