1 Chronicles 28:2

David's Charge To Israel

¹ Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men. ² Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. ³ But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

Ark of the Covenant

Ark of the Lord

Build a Temple

Covenant of the Lord

Give Ear

Listen to Me

My People

David

Jehovah

Psalm 99:5

Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

1 Chronicles 17:1-2

And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.”

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a cloud in His anger!
He has cast from heaven to earth
The glory of Israel,
And has not remembered His footstool
In the day of His anger.

Genesis 48:2

When it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed.

Deuteronomy 17:15

you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1-2

Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

1 Kings 1:47

Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

1 Kings 8:17-18

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

1 Chronicles 6:31

Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there.

1 Chronicles 11:1-3

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

1 Chronicles 18:7-11

David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 22:2-5

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

Psalm 22:22

I will tell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

Psalm 132:3-8

“Surely I will not enter my house,
Nor lie on my bed;

Psalm 132:14

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

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
‘Or what place is there for My repose?

Hebrews 2:11-12

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,