1Kgs.8.20

1 Kings 8:20

KJV

And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

Solomon Blesses the LORD

Cross References

Acts 7:47

KJV

But Solomon built him an house.

The Tabernacle of the Testimony

Stephen’s Defense

2 Samuel 7:12

KJVGOD

¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

God’s Covenant with David

1 Chronicles 28:5

KJV

And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

David Commissions Solomon

David’s Address about the Temple

1 Chronicles 28:6

KJVGOD

And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.