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Acts 7:46

Israel

44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

45 And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

47 But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
KJV
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
WEB
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
ASV
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
DARBY
who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
BLB
who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
ÅB
Han fant nåde hos Gud, og ba om at han måtte finne et bosted for Jakobs Gud.
OTB
som fant nåde hos Gud og ba om å få gi en bolig for Jakobs Gud.
B1930
Han fant nåde hos Gud, og bad om at han måtte finne et bosted for Jakobs Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 132:1–5

    O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,

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  • Acts 13:22

    After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

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  • 2 Samuel 7:1–5

    After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

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  • 1 Samuel 16:11–13

    And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

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  • 2 Samuel 7:18–19

    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:1–4

    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:7–8

    “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

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