Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. New Living Translation “David found favor with God and asked for the privilege of building a permanent Temple for the God of Jacob. English Standard Version who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Berean Standard Bible who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Berean Literal Bible who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. King James Bible Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. New King James Version who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. New American Standard Bible David found favor in God’s sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. NASB 1995 “David found favor in God’s sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. NASB 1977 “And David found favor in God’s sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Legacy Standard Bible David found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Amplified Bible who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Christian Standard Bible He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Holman Christian Standard Bible He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. American Standard Version who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He who found affection before him who is God, and he requested to find a tabernacle for The God of Jacob. Contemporary English Version He pleased God and asked him if he could build a house of worship for the people of Israel. Douay-Rheims Bible Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. English Revised Version who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. GOD'S WORD® Translation who won God's favor. David asked that he might provide a permanent place for the family of Jacob. Good News Translation He won God's favor and asked God to allow him to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. International Standard Version He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob, Literal Standard Version who found favor before God, and requested to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob; Majority Standard Bible who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. New American Bible who found favor in the sight of God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. NET Bible He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. New Revised Standard Version who found favor with God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. New Heart English Bible who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. Webster's Bible Translation Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Weymouth New Testament David obtained favour with God, and asked leave to provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob. World English Bible who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. Young's Literal Translation who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin…45And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, 46who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. 47But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.… Cross References 1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD." 2 Samuel 7:1 After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 Samuel 7:8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. 1 Chronicles 17:1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent." Psalm 132:1 O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, Psalm 132:5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.' Treasury of Scripture Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. found. Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 1 Samuel 16:1,11-13 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons… and desired. 2 Samuel 7:1-5 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; … 1 Kings 8:17-19 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel… 1 Chronicles 17:1-4 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains… Jump to Previous David Desire Desired Dwelling Dwelling-Place Enjoyed Favor Favour Find Found God's Habitation Holy Jacob Leave Obtained Pleasing Provide Requested Sight Tabernacle TentJump to Next David Desire Desired Dwelling Dwelling-Place Enjoyed Favor Favour Find Found God's Habitation Holy Jacob Leave Obtained Pleasing Provide Requested Sight Tabernacle TentActs 7 1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers, 20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built; 37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ; 44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time; 51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold. 54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, 59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them. (46) Who found favour before God.--Again we trace, though still in the form of a narrative, an indirect answer to the accusation brought against Stephen. He was ready to acknowledge without reserve that the Temple was planned by the man after God's own heart, and built by the wisest of the sons of men. But the question still remained whether it was therefore the symbol of a final and perfect worship, whether it did not bear witness to its own incompleteness.Verse 46. - In the sight of for before, A.V. (ἐνώπιον); asked for desired, A.V.; habitation for tabernacle, A.V. (σκήνωμα). Habitation. In Deuteronomy 33:18 σκήνωμα stands in the LXX. for אִהֶל, and in 2 Peter 1:13, 5:14, for the human body as the tabernacle or temporary dwelling of the soul or spirit. And the idea of a temporary or movable dwelling seems to suit Stephen's argument better than that of a fixed one. The מִשְׁכָנות of Psalm 132:5 (to which perhaps, as well as 2 Samuel 7:1-6, Stephen refers) is equally applicable to a tent. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek whoὃς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. found εὗρεν (heuren) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. favor χάριν (charin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5485: From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act. in the sight ἐνώπιον (enōpion) Preposition Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. asked ᾐτήσατο (ētēsato) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. to provide εὑρεῖν (heurein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. a dwelling place σκήνωμα (skēnōma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4638: A tent pitched, a dwelling, tabernacle. From skenoo; an encampment, i.e. the Temple, the body. for the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. of Jacob. Ἰακώβ (Iakōb) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2384: Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites. 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