1 Chronicles 28:2

New Century Version

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my relatives and my people. I wanted to build a place to keep the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord. I wanted it to be God’s footstool. So I made plans to build a temple.

Cross References

Genesis 48:2

When Joseph arrived, someone told Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” Jacob was weak, so he used all his strength and sat up on his bed.

1 Kings 1:47

All the king’s officers have come to tell King David that he has done a good thing. They are saying, ‘May your God make Solomon even more famous than you and an even greater king than you.’ ” Jonathan continued, “And King David bowed down on his bed to worship God,

1 Kings 5:3

“You remember my father David had to fight many wars with the countries around him, so he was never able to build a temple for worshiping the Lord his God. David was waiting until the Lord allowed him to defeat all his enemies.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell David my servant, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in.

1 Chronicles 22:14

“Solomon, I have worked hard getting many of the materials for building the Temple of the Lord. I have supplied about seven and one-half million pounds of gold, about seventy-five million pounds of silver, so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, and wood and stone. You may add to them.

1 Chronicles 22:6

Then David called for his son Solomon and told him to build the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to him, “My son, I wanted to build a temple for worshiping the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 6:31

David chose some people to be in charge of the music in the house of the Lord. They began their work after the Ark of the Agreement was put there.

2 Chronicles 6:7

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

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by me at my right side until I put your enemies under your control.”

Psalm 132:14

He says, “This is my resting place forever. Here is where I want to stay.

Psalm 132:2

He made an oath to the Lord, a promise to the Mighty God of Jacob.

Psalm 22:22

Then I will tell my brothers and sisters about you; I will praise you in the public meeting.

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God, and worship at the Temple, his footstool. He is holy.

Isaiah 60:13

“The great trees of Lebanon will be given to you: its pine, fir, and cypress trees together. You will use them to make my Temple beautiful, and I will give much honor to this place where I rest my feet.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. So do you think you can build a house for me? Do I need a place to rest?

Lamentations 2:1

Look how the Lord in his anger has brought Jerusalem to shame. He has thrown down the greatness of Israel from the sky to the earth; he did not remember the Temple, his footstool, on the day of his anger.

Ezekiel 43:7

The voice from the Temple said to me, “Human, this is my throne and the place where my feet rest. I will live here among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will not make my holy name unclean again. Neither the people nor their kings will make it unclean with their sexual sins or with the dead bodies of their kings.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who got five bags went quickly to invest the money and earned five more bags.

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. So do you think you can build a house for me? says the Lord. Do I need a place to rest?

Deuteronomy 17:15

Be sure to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. He must be one of your own people. Do not appoint as your king a foreigner who is not a fellow Israelite.

Deuteronomy 17:20

He should not think he is better than his fellow Israelites, and he must not stop obeying the law in any way so that he and his descendants may rule the kingdom for a long time.