Cross references

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.

1 Kings 5:3 BSB

1 Kings 5:3 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Chronicles 28:3 (8 votes) and 1 Chronicles 22:8 (5 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Joshua 10 to Ephesians 1.

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Which verses does 1 Kings 5:3 point to?

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  1. but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’

  2. but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.

  3. A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

  4. and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David. And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death. …

  5. Psalm 8:63 votes

    You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

  6. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

  7. When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

  8. “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? For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling. …

  9. But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. …

  10. Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Which verses point to 1 Kings 5:3?

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