Quotes About Covenant

So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

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,

Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my fatherís house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my fatherís household, and from my fatherís sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

And He said to me, ëSolomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.

I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.í

the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated Davidís son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King Davidís sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.

Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.

At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

ëSince the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.