Quotes About House

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadabís house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.

So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

“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?

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ëWhy havenít you built Me a house of cedar?í

and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?

And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ëI will build a house for you.í Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”

But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.

So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king

Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

“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.

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: ëI will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.í

The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.