Verse 2

Then David{H1732} the king{H4428} stood up{H6965} upon his feet,{H7272} and said,{H559} Hear{H8085} me, my brethren,{H251} and my people:{H5971} as for me, it was in my heart{H3824} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} of rest{H4496} for the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} and for the footstool{H1916} of our God;{H430} and I had made ready{H3559} for the building.{H1129}

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Heaven{H8064} is my throne,{H3678} and the earth{H776} is my footstool:{H7272} what manner of house{H1004} will ye build{H1129} unto me? and what place{H4725} shall be my rest?{H4496}
  • Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt{H7311} ye Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} And worship{H7812} at his footstool:{H7272} Holy{H6918} is he.
  • Lam 2:1 : 1 How hath the Lord{H136} covered{H5743} the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} with a cloud{H5743} in his anger!{H639} He hath cast down{H7993} from heaven{H8064} unto the earth{H776} the beauty{H8597} of Israel,{H3478} And hath not remembered{H2142} his footstool{H1916} in the day{H3117} of his anger.{H639}
  • 1 Chr 17:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, when David{H1732} dwelt{H3427} in his house,{H1004} that David{H1732} said{H559} to Nathan{H5416} the prophet,{H5030} Lo, I dwell{H3427} in a house{H1004} of cedar,{H730} but the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} [dwelleth] under curtains.{H3407} 2 And Nathan{H5416} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Do{H6213} all that is in thy heart;{H3824} for God{H430} is with thee.
  • 1 Chr 18:7-9 : 7 And David{H1732} took{H3947} the shields{H7982} of gold{H2091} that were on the servants{H5650} of Hadarezer,{H1928} and brought{H935} them to Jerusalem.{H3389} 8 And from Tibhath{H2880} and from Cun,{H3560} cities{H5892} of Hadarezer,{H1928} David{H1732} took{H3947} very{H3966} much{H7227} brass,{H5178} wherewith Solomon{H8010} made{H6213} the brazen{H5178} sea,{H3220} and the pillars,{H5982} and the vessels{H3627} of brass.{H5178} 9 And when Tou{H8583} king{H4428} of Hamath{H2574} heard{H8085} that David{H1732} had smitten{H5221} all the host{H2428} of Hadarezer{H1928} king{H4428} of Zobah,{H6678} 10 he sent{H7971} Hadoram{H1913} his son{H1121} to king{H4428} David,{H1732} to salute{H7592} him,{H7965} and to bless{H1288} him, because he had fought{H3898} against Hadarezer{H1928} and smitten{H5221} him; (for Hadarezer{H1928} had wars{H376} with Tou;){H8583} and [he had with him] all manner of vessels{H3627} of gold{H2091} and silver{H3701} and brass.{H5178} 11 These also did king{H4428} David{H1732} dedicate{H6942} unto Jehovah,{H3068} with the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} that he carried{H5375} away from all the nations;{H1471} from Edom,{H123} and from Moab,{H4124} and from the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and from the Philistines,{H6430} and from Amalek.{H6002}
  • 1 Chr 22:2-5 : 2 And David{H1732} commanded{H559} to gather together{H3664} the sojourners{H1616} that were in the land{H776} of Israel;{H3478} and he set{H5975} masons{H2672} to hew{H2672} wrought{H1496} stones{H68} to build{H1129} the house{H1004} of God.{H430} 3 And David{H1732} prepared{H3559} iron{H1270} in abundance{H7230} for the nails{H4548} for the doors{H1817} of the gates,{H8179} and for the couplings;{H4226} and brass{H5178} in abundance{H7230} without weight;{H4948} 4 and cedar -{H730} trees{H6086} without number:{H7230} for the Sidonians{H6722} and they of Tyre{H6876} brought{H935} cedar -{H730} trees{H6086} in abundance{H369} to David.{H1732} 5 And David{H1732} said,{H559} Solomon{H8010} my son{H1121} is young{H5288} and tender,{H7390} and the house{H1004} that is to be builded{H1129} for Jehovah{H3068} must be exceeding{H4605} magnificent,{H1431} of fame{H8034} and of glory{H8597} throughout all countries:{H776} I will therefore make preparation{H3559} for it. So David{H1732} prepared{H3559} abundantly{H7230} before{H6440} his death.{H4194}
  • 1 Chr 22:14 : 14 Now, behold, in my affliction{H3559} I have prepared{H3559} for the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} a hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of gold,{H2091} and a thousand{H505} thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of silver,{H3701} and of brass{H5178} and iron{H1270} without weight;{H4948} for it is in abundance:{H7230} timber{H6086} also and stone{H68} have I prepared;{H3559} and thou mayest add{H3254} thereto.
  • Ps 22:22 : 22 I will declare{H5608} thy name{H8034} unto my brethren:{H251} In the midst{H8432} of the assembly{H6951} will I praise{H1984} thee.
  • Acts 7:49 : 49 The heaven{G3772} is my{G3427} throne,{G2362} And{G1161} the earth{G1093} the{G3450} {G4228} footstool{G5286} of my feet: What{G4169} manner of house{G3624} will ye build{G3618} Me?{G3427} saith{G3004} the Lord:{G2962} Or{G2228} what{G5101} is the place{G5117} of{G2663} my{G3450} rest?{G2663}
  • Heb 2:11-12 : 11 For{G1063} both{G5037} he that sanctifieth{G37} and{G2532} they that are sanctified{G37} are all{G3956} of{G1537} one:{G1520} for{G1223} which{G3739} cause{G156} he is{G1870} not{G3756} ashamed{G1870} to call{G2564} them{G846} brethren,{G80} 12 saying,{G3004} I will declare{G518} thy{G4675} name{G3686} unto{G80} my{G3450} brethren,{G80} In{G1722} the midst{G3319} of the congregation{G1577} will I sing thy{G4571} praise.{G5214}
  • Gen 48:2 : 2 And one told{H5046} Jacob,{H3290} and said,{H559} Behold, thy son{H1121} Joseph{H3130} cometh{H935} unto thee: and Israel{H3478} strengthened{H2388} himself, and sat{H3427} upon the bed.{H4296}
  • Deut 17:15 : 15 thou shalt surely{H7760} set{H7760} him king{H4428} over thee, whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose:{H977} one from among{H7130} thy brethren{H251} shalt thou set{H7760} king{H4428} over thee; thou mayest{H3201} not put{H5414} a foreigner{H5237} over thee, who is not thy brother.{H251}
  • Deut 17:20 : 20 that his heart{H3824} be not lifted up{H7311} above his brethren,{H251} and that he turn not aside{H5493} from the commandment,{H4687} to the right hand,{H3225} or to the left:{H8040} to the end that he may prolong{H748} his days{H3117} in his kingdom,{H4467} he and his children,{H1121} in the midst{H7130} of Israel.{H3478}
  • 2 Sam 7:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, when the king{H4428} dwelt{H3427} in his house,{H1004} and Jehovah{H3068} had given him rest{H5117} from all his enemies{H341} round about,{H5439} 2 that the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Nathan{H5416} the prophet,{H5030} See{H7200} now, I dwell{H3427} in a house{H1004} of cedar,{H730} but the ark{H727} of God{H430} dwelleth{H3427} within{H8432} curtains.{H3407}
  • 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 And moreover the king's{H4428} servants{H5650} came{H935} to bless{H1288} our lord{H113} king{H4428} David,{H1732} saying,{H559} Thy God{H430} make the name{H8034} of Solomon{H8010} better{H3190} than thy name,{H8034} and make{H1431} his throne{H3678} greater{H1431} than thy throne:{H3678} and the king{H4428} bowed{H7812} himself upon the bed.{H4904}
  • 1 Kgs 8:17-18 : 17 Now it was in the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} my father{H1} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478} 18 But Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto David{H1732} my father,{H1} Whereas{H3282} it was in thy heart{H3824} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for my name,{H8034} thou didst well{H2895} that it was in thy heart:{H3824}
  • 1 Chr 6:31 : 31 And these are they whom David{H1732} set{H5975} over the service{H3027} of song{H7892} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} after that the ark{H727} had rest.{H4494}
  • 1 Chr 11:1-3 : 1 Then all Israel{H3478} gathered{H6908} themselves to David{H1732} unto Hebron,{H2275} saying,{H559} Behold, we are thy bone{H6106} and thy flesh.{H1320} 2 In times{H8543} past,{H8032} even when Saul{H7586} was king,{H4428} it was thou that leddest out{H3318} and broughtest in{H935} Israel:{H3478} and Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} said{H559} unto thee, Thou shalt be shepherd{H7462} of my people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and thou shalt be prince{H5057} over my people{H1571} Israel.{H3478} 3 So all the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} to the king{H4428} to Hebron;{H2275} and David{H1732} made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with them in Hebron{H2275} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} and they anointed{H4886} David{H1732} king{H4428} over Israel,{H3478} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} by{H3027} Samuel.{H8050}
  • Ps 132:3-8 : 3 Surely I will not come{H935} into the tabernacle{H168} of my house,{H1004} Nor go up{H5927} into my bed;{H6210} 4 I will not give{H5414} sleep{H8153} to mine eyes,{H5869} Or slumber{H8572} to mine eyelids;{H6079} 5 Until I find out{H4672} a place{H4725} for Jehovah,{H3068} A tabernacle{H4908} for the Mighty{H46} One of Jacob.{H3290} 6 Lo, we heard{H8085} of it in Ephrathah:{H672} We found{H4672} it in the field{H7704} of the wood.{H3293} 7 We will go{H935} into his tabernacles;{H4908} We will worship{H7812} at his footstool.{H1916} 8 Arise,{H6965} O Jehovah,{H3068} into thy resting-place;{H4496} Thou, and the ark{H727} of thy strength.{H5797}
  • Ps 132:14 : 14 This is my resting-place{H4496} for ever:{H5703} Here will I dwell;{H3427} For I have desired{H183} it.