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1 Chronicles 22 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

1Ch 22:1

1Ch 22:1Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

1Ch 22:2

1Ch 22:2And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

1Ch 22:3

1Ch 22:3And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;

1Ch 22:4

1Ch 22:4And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

1Ch 22:5

1Ch 22:5And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

Solomon Charged with the Task

1Ch 22:6

1Ch 22:6Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

1Ch 22:7

1Ch 22:7And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

1Ch 22:8

1Ch 22:8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

1Ch 22:9

1Ch 22:9But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

1Ch 22:10

1Ch 22:10He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

1Ch 22:11

1Ch 22:11Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

1Ch 22:12

1Ch 22:12Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

1Ch 22:13

1Ch 22:13And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.

1Ch 22:14

1Ch 22:14Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

1Ch 22:15

1Ch 22:15And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

1Ch 22:16

1Ch 22:16In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

1Ch 22:17

1Ch 22:17Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

1Ch 22:18

1Ch 22:18Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.

1Ch 22:19

1Ch 22:19Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.
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