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1 Chronicles 22 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

David Prepares for Temple Building

1Ch 22:1Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
1Ch 22:2So David [fn]gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.
1Ch 22:3David 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;
1Ch 22:4and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.
1Ch 22:5David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.

Solomon Charged with the Task

1Ch 22:6Then he called for his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.
1Ch 22:7David said to Solomon, “My son, [fn]I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.
1Ch 22:8“But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have [fn]waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.
1Ch 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.
1Ch 22:10‘He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
1Ch 22:11“Now, my son, the LORD be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of the LORD your God just as He has spoken concerning you.
1Ch 22:12“Only the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
1Ch 22:13“Then you will prosper, if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed.
1Ch 22:14“Now behold, [fn]with great pains I have prepared for the house of the LORD 100,000 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.
1Ch 22:15“Moreover, there are many workmen with you, stonecutters and masons of stone and carpenters, and all men who are skillful in every kind of work.
1Ch 22:16“Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you.”
1Ch 22:17David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,
1Ch 22:18“Is not the LORD 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 the LORD and before His people.
1Ch 22:19“Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.”
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: said to
Literally: for
Literally: as for me, it was in my heart
Literally: made
I.e. peaceful
Literally: in my affliction
Literally: it is
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