Acts 7:47
But Solomon built him a house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But Solomon built him an house.
In Context
46Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
48Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:
Cross References
1 Kings 5:1And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David's friend.
1 Kings 7:13And king Solomon sent, and brought Hiram from Tyre,
1 Chronicles 17:1Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins.
2 Chronicles 3:1And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shewn to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:43-51
Stephen's Address. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? 43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses,… Read the whole commentary →