Acts 7:47

47 But Solomon built a house for him.

Acts 7:47 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:47

But Solomon built him an house.
] Though David was so set upon it, and made such large provisions for it, he was not to be the man that should build it, he having been greatly concerned in wars, and in the effusion of blood; but Solomon his son, who enjoyed much peace, was the person designed for this work, and who did accomplish it; of which there is a large account in the ( 1 Kings 6:1-7:51 ) .

Acts 7:47 In-Context

45 and which, [after] receiving [it] in turn, our fathers brought in with Joshua {when they dispossessed the} nations that God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David,

46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

47 But Solomon built a house for him.

48 But the Most High does not live in [houses] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,

49 'Heaven [is] my throne and earth [is] the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what [is the] place of my rest?