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Acts 7:47

Solomon

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,

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

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:

49 ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?

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Compare

BSB
But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
KJV
But Solomon built him an house.
WEB
But Solomon built him a house.
ASV
But Solomon built him a house.
DARBY
but Solomon built him a house.
BLB
But Solomon built for Him a house.
ÅB
Men Salomo bygget ham et hus.
OTB
Likevel var det Salomo som bygde et hus for Ham.
B1930
Men Salomo bygget ham et hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 8:20

    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:13

    He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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  • 1 Kings 6:37–38

    The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

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  • 1 Kings 7:13–51

    Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:1

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • 1 Kings 5:1–6:2

    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:1–4

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

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  • 1 Chronicles 17:1

    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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