Acts 7:47
but Solomon built Him a house.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
But Solomon built him an house.
In Context
46who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob,
48However, the Most High does not dwell in handmade sanctuaries, just as the prophet says:
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 →