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Acts 7:46

Israel

44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

47 But Solomon built him an house.

48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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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

    LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:

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  • Acts 13:22

    And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:1–5

    And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

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  • 1 Samuel 16:11–13

    And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

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  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:18–19

    Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:1–4

    Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:7–8

    And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

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