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- In order to emphasize the uniqueness and importance of Jerusalem, David brought the Holy Ark of the Covenant there and turned the city into the religious center of the People of Israel. He bought the threshing floor of Aravna the Jebusite and built an altar there to the Lord (Samuel II 24;21-25).
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Mar 30, 2020 · While God allowed David to pursue his passion of building a temple by making plans and preparing the materials, he was wrong to doubt Solomon’s ability to accomplish this, and this by means of the wisdom God would grant him to do so (see 1 Kings 3).
Jan 4, 2022 · David was the first king to plan a temple to worship God in Jerusalem. His son Solomon later fulfilled this plan and oversaw construction of the temple. But was it God’s desire to have a temple in the first place? First Chronicles 17:1–15 is the account of David’s first plans for building a temple.
David Plans to Build the Temple . 7 After the king had settled down in his palace and the Lord had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies, 2 he told the prophet Nathan, “Look now, I’m living in a cedar palace, but the Ark of God resides behind a tent curtain.”
- Bringing the Ark from the House of Abinadab (6:1-2) This is not just an idle whim. David brings together "the whole assembly of Israel," as well as representatives from his army, and seeks to get their "buy-in" to a decision to bring the ark back.
- Transporting the Ark Man's Way (6:3-10) Apparently, David didn't seek the Lord -- or read the Torah -- about how the ark should be transported. Rather, his method of transport seems to be similar to the Philistine approach of putting the ark on a new cart pulled by two cows (1 Samuel 6:7).
- Transporting the Ark God's Way (6:11-13) "Now King David was told, 'The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.'"
- David Dances before the Lord (6:14) David leads his people in worship in the procession. "David, wearing a linen ephod, danced[195] before the LORD with all his might, 15 while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets."
After conquering the city, King David began its fortification. The wall on the east side of the city, which remained in the same place until the destruction of the Solomon's Temple, was built on top of the Jebusite wall on exactly the same course.
Solomon Builds the Temple. 3 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite, the place provided by David. 2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Jan 6, 2016 · According to Jewish tradition, the original Jerusalem Temple was ordained by Yahweh/God, as described in 2 Samuel 7:12 where Yahweh commands Nathan to tell David: When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
