1 Chronicles 22:6

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

In Context

5And 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.

7And David said to Solomon, My child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:23And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord swore to them, and he shall be with thee.

1 Chronicles 17:1And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains of skins.

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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