Acts 7:47

God's Real Tabernacle

⁴⁶ He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob, ⁴⁷ but it was Solomon who built a house for him. ⁴⁸ However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

Solomon

1 Kings 8:20

"The LORD has brought to fulfillment what he promised, and now here I stand, having succeeded my father David to sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the Temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:13

He will build a Temple dedicated to my Name, and I will make the throne of his kingdom last forever.

1 Kings 6:37-38

The foundation for the LORD's Temple was laid in the month of Ziv during the fourth year of Solomon's reign,

1 Kings 5:1-2

King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he learned that Solomon had been anointed king to replace his father, because Hiram had been David's lifelong friend.

1 Kings 7:13-51

King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre,

1 Chronicles 17:1

After David had settled down to live in his palace, he spoke with the prophet Nathan. "Look, here I am living in this cedar palace, but the ark of the LORD's covenant remains surrounded by curtains!"

2 Chronicles 2:1-4

Now Solomon was determined to build a temple dedicated to the Name of the LORD as well as his own royal palace.

2 Chronicles 3:1

So Solomon began construction of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, that is, where David had prepared Ornan the Jebusite's threshing floor.

Zechariah 6:12-13

Then tell him, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Here is the man whose name is The Branch. He will branch out from where he is and will rebuild the Temple of the LORD.