Acts 7:46 “who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling pl…”

Acts 7:46

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

American Standard Version

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

Geneva Bible 1599

Who found fauour before God, and desired that hee might finde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob.

Darby Translation

who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

Young's Literal Translation

who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

Bible in Basic English

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

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Cross references

“found”

Acts 13:22 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 16:11–13 2 Samuel 6:21 1 Samuel 15:28 Psalm 78:68–72

Acts 13:22 · BSB

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.’

1 Samuel 16:1 · BSB

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…

1 Samuel 16:11–13 · BSB

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.”

2 Samuel 6:21 · BSB

But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

1 Samuel 15:28 · BSB

So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

Psalm 78:68–72 · BSB

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

“and desired”

Psalm 132:1–5 2 Samuel 7:1–5 1 Chronicles 17:1–4 1 Kings 8:17–19 1 Chronicles 22:7 1 Chronicles 22:8

Psalm 132:1–5 · BSB

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

2 Samuel 7:1–5 · BSB

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

1 Chronicles 17:1–4 · BSB

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.”

1 Kings 8:17–19 · BSB

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 22:7 · BSB

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

1 Chronicles 22:8 · BSB

but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

45And 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,

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

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