1 Chronicles 28:6

He said to me, 'Solomon your son will build my house and my courtyards, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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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 the many sons whom Yahweh has given me, he chose Solomon, my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh, over Israel.

7I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains committed to obey my commandments and decrees, as you are this day.'

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Cross References

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

1 Chronicles 17:11It will come about that when your days are fulfilled for you to go to your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, and for one of your own descendants, I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 1:9Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be carried out, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, because the one who builds a house has more honor than the house itself.

Hebrews 4:5And again in this same passage he said, 1 “They will never 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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