1 Kings 5:3
"As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:5
"Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?

1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.'

1 Chronicles 28:2
Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

1 Chronicles 28:3
but God said to me, 'You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.'

2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.


Treasury of Scripture
You know how that David my father could not build an house to the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

could not



2 Samuel 7:5-11
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? …



1 Chronicles 22:4-6
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David…



2 Chronicles 6:6-8
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel…

the wars



1 Chronicles 22:8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

put



Joshua 10:24
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.



Psalm 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:



Psalm 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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