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1 Chronicles 22 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Preparation to Build Yahweh’s House

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Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

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So David said to gather the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, and he [fn]appointed [fn]stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - And David prepared large quantities of iron [fn]to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh shall be highly exalted, for a name and beauty throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.

Solomon to Build Yahweh’s House

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Then he called for his son Solomon, and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:7 - And David said to Solomon, “My son, [fn]I had it within my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:8 - “But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have [fn]waged great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - ‘Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be [fn]Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:10 - ‘He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be a son to Me and I will be a father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:11 - “Now, my son, Yahweh be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of Yahweh your God just as He has spoken concerning you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - “Only Yahweh give you insight and understanding, and give you command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - “Then you will succeed, if you are careful to do the statutes and the judgments which Yahweh commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Now behold, [fn]with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 [fn]talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for [fn]they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers of stone and craftsmen of stone and wood, and all men who are [fn]wise in every kind of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - “Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may Yahweh be with you.”

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David also commanded all the officials of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 - “Is not Yahweh your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before Yahweh and before His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - “Now give your heart and your soul to seek Yahweh your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”
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LSB Footnotes
Lit caused to stand
Lit hewers of stone
Lit for
Lit as for me, it was in my heart
Lit made
Lit peaceful
Lit in my affliction
A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
Lit it is
Or skillful
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