1 Chronicles 28:6

And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

In Context

5And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

7And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

1 Chronicles 17:11And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 1:9Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth.

Hebrews 3:3For this man was counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by so much as he that hath built the house, hath greater honour than the house.

Hebrews 4:5And in this place again: If they shall enter into my rest.

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 →

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