Acts 7:47
in Acts 7But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
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ASV
But Solomon built him a house.
KJV
But Solomon built him an house.
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This verse in Acts 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIn the four hundred eightieth year after the exodus of the sons of Israel from Egypt, Solomon began to build the temple in Jerusalem, as the third book of Kings relates. (1 Kings 6:1) Moreover the temple was built so long after the ascent of …
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"But Solomon," it says, "built Him an house." They thought Solomon was great: but that he was not better than his father, nay not even equal to him, is manifest.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 1Ki 6:1.
He applies this to those that prosecuted him, and sat in judgment upon him, sharply reproving them for their wickedness, by which they had brought upon themselves the ruin of their place and nation, and then could not bear to hear of it,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But Solomon ... - Built the temple. David was not permitted to do it because he had been a man of war, 1Ch 22:8. He prepared the principal materials for the temple, but Solomon built it, 1 Chr. 22: Compare 1 Kings 6.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
gave them up--judicially. as . . . written in the book of the prophets--the twelve minor prophets, reckoned as one: the passage is from Am 5:25. have ye offered to me . . . sacrifices?--The answer is, Yes, but as if ye did it not; for "neither did ye offer to Me only, nor always, nor with a perfect and willing heart" [BENGEL].
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The words behind it
5 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Σολομὼν | solomon | Solomon | G4672 → | 12 times |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| οἰκοδόμησεν | oikodomesen | built | G3618 → | 40 times |
| αὐτῷ | auto | for Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| οἶκον. | oikon | [the] house. | G3624 → | 112 times |
ΣολομὼνSolomon
solomonG4672 →12 times
δὲhowever
deG1161 →2765 times
οἰκοδόμησενbuilt
oikodomesenG3618 →40 times
αὐτῷfor Him
autoG846 →5565 times
οἶκον.[the] house.
oikonG3624 →112 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
it leads to
- Luke 1:31–33
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- 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.’
- 2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:9–10
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…
- 1 Kings 5:5
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne…
- Luke 1:31–33
Through
1 Kings 8:20Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:5–6
And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Romans 4:21
being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5–6
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 17; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts.