1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy-seat,
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10Take heed now, for LORD has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.
Cross References
Exodus 25:17And thou shall make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.
Exodus 26:30And thou shall raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion of it which has been shown thee on the mount.
Exodus 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark.
1 Kings 6:5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle. And he made side-chambers round about.
1 Kings 6:16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of the ceiling]. He built [them] for it inside, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
1 Chronicles 26:20And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 28:2-11
David's Charge to the People. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and… Read the whole commentary →