Acts 7:47

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“But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.”

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“But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But Solomon built him an house.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“But Solomon built him a house.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and Solomon built Him an house.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 7:47 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  2. 1 Kings 5:1Now 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.
  3. 1 Kings 6:37The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
  4. 1 Kings 7:13Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.
  5. 1 Kings 8:20Now 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.
  6. 1 Chronicles 17:1After 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.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 2:1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
  8. 2 Chronicles 3:1Then 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.
  9. Zechariah 6:12And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.

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