Text: 1 Kings 8:15
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 7:8
Subject: choosing a place and choosing David
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: In Solomon's dedication speech (1 Kgs 8:15-21), he recounts God's election of David: "I chose David to be over My people Israel." This alludes to 2 Samuel 7:8, where God says through Nathan, "I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler (נָגִיד, nagid) over My people Israel." Solomon's speech at the temple dedication interweaves God's choice of David (2 Sam 7:8) with God's choice of a place for His name — connecting the election of the Davidic dynasty with the election of Jerusalem and its temple as two facets of one divine purpose.
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Text: 2 Samuel 7:8
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 8:15
Subject: choosing a place and choosing David
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: 2 Samuel 7:8 begins the covenant oracle by establishing God's initiative: "I took you from the pasture... to be ruler (נָגִיד, nagid) over My people Israel." 1 Kings 8:15 shows Solomon acknowledging this divine initiative at the temple dedication: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and with His hand has fulfilled it." Solomon's speech explicitly links the choice of David (2 Sam 7:8) with the choice of Jerusalem (1 Kgs 8:16) and the temple's completion (1 Kgs 8:20). The arc from shepherd-pasture to temple-dedication demonstrates the full trajectory of the Davidic covenant: God's sovereign election of David from obscurity culminates in the construction of the dwelling place where the divine Name resides.