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1 Chronicles 22:6

Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.

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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 young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:23Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

1 Chronicles 17:1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Acts 20:25Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom of God will see my face again.

1 Timothy 6:13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

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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