Acts 7:47 “But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.”

Acts 7:47

But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But Solomon built him an house.

World English Bible

But Solomon built him a house.

American Standard Version

But Solomon built him a house.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Salomon built him an house.

Darby Translation

but Solomon built him a house.

Young's Literal Translation

and Solomon built Him an house.

Bible in Basic English

But Solomon was the builder of his house.

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Cross references

“But Solomon built him an house.”

1 Kings 8:20 2 Samuel 7:13 1 Kings 7:13–51 1 Chronicles 17:1 2 Chronicles 2:1–4 1 Kings 5:1–18

1 Kings 8:20 · BSB

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.

2 Samuel 7:13 · BSB

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

1 Kings 7:13–51 · BSB

Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

1 Chronicles 17:1 · 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.”

2 Chronicles 2:1–4 · BSB

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

1 Kings 5:1–18 · BSB

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.

Also

2 Chronicles 3:1

2 Chronicles 3:1 · BSB

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.

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

In context

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

48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

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