Text: 1 Kings 8:15-21
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 7:8
Subject: Solomon recounts God's election of David
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Solomon's dedication speech in 1 Kings 8:15-21 recounts the Davidic covenant narrative, alluding to 2 Samuel 7:8 where God declared, "I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel." Solomon summarizes this as "I chose David to be over My people Israel" (1 Kgs 8:16). By placing the divine choice of David alongside the divine choice of Jerusalem in the same sentence, Solomon presents kingship and temple as inseparable covenant realities — God chose both a dynasty and a dwelling place, and the temple dedication marks the moment when both divine elections are simultaneously realized.
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Text: 2 Samuel 7:8
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 8:15-21
Subject: God's election of David from the pasture to the throne
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: In 2 Samuel 7:8, God reminds David: "I took you from the pasture, from following the flock (מִן הַנָּוֶה מֵאַחַר הַצֹּאן, min hannaveh me'achar hatso'n), to be ruler over My people Israel." This shepherd-to-king motif is recalled in Solomon's temple dedication speech (1 Kings 8:15-21), where he traces the entire temple project back to God's original choice of David. Solomon recounts that God "chose David to be over My people Israel" (1 Kgs 8:16) and promised a son who would build the temple. The connection between David's humble origins as a shepherd and the glorious temple Solomon dedicates underscores the theme of divine sovereignty: God chose the shepherd boy, established his dynasty, and brought the temple to completion through his son — all according to the word spoken through Nathan.