1 Chronicles 28:6

He told me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who will build my house and my courts, because I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.

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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

5From all my sons (for the Lord gave me many) the Lord has chosen Solomon my child to sit on the throne and to rule over the Lord's kingdom Israel.

7I will make sure his kingdom lasts forever if he single-mindedly keeps my commandments and regulations like he does today.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13He will be the one to build me a house, and I will make sure his kingdom lasts forever.

1 Chronicles 17:11For when you come to the end of your life and join your ancestors in death, I will bring to power one of your descendants, one of your sons, and make sure his kingdom is successful.

2 Chronicles 1:9Lord God, please keep the promise you made to my father David. You have made me king over a nation that has as many people as the dust of the earth.

Hebrews 3:3But Jesus deserves much greater glory than Moses, in the same way that the builder of a house deserves more credit than the house.

Hebrews 4:5And as the previous passage stated, “They shall not enter 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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