1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.
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Genesis 28:17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Deuteronomy 12:11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow to the LORD:
2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles 21:18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 6:5Since the day that I brought forth my people from the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
Psalms 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 22:1
"Out of the eater comes forth meat." It was upon occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David that God gave intimation of the setting up of another altar, and of the place where he would have the temple to be built, upon which David was excited with great vigour to make preparation for that great work, wherein, though he had long since designed it, it should seem, he had, of late, grown remiss, till awakened by the alarm of that judgment. The tokens of God's favour he received after… Read the whole commentary →