1 Chronicles 22:5

And David said, My son Solomon is a tender child, and the house for me to build to the Lord is for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

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In The King James Version

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

In Context

4And cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

6And he called Solomon his son, and commanded him to build the house for the Lord God of Israel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:2and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years old; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

1 Kings 9:8And this house, which is high, shall be so that everyone that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

2 Chronicles 2:4And the house which I am building is to be great: for the Lord our God is great beyond all gods.

2 Chronicles 2:8to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.

2 Chronicles 13:7and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, while Rehoboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand shall find to do, 1 Do with all thy might; 1 For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, 1 Nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 22:2-6

Preparations for the Temple. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre… Read the whole commentary →

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