1 Chronicles 28:2

New King James Version

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.

Cross References

Genesis 48:2

And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

1 Kings 1:47

And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ Then the king bowed himself on the bed.

1 Kings 5:3

You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put his foes under the soles of his feet.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure, for it is so abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.

1 Chronicles 22:6

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

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God;

1 Chronicles 6:31

Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest.

2 Chronicles 6:7

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

Psalm 132:14

“This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired 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— He is holy.

Isaiah 60:13

“The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, The cypress, the pine, 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 earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build 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 cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger.

Ezekiel 43:7

And 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 children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.

Matthew 25:16

Then 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 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 shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

Deuteronomy 17:20

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