1 Chronicles 22:6

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

World English Bible

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

5David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.

7David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:23He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.”

1 Chronicles 17:1When David was living in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a cedar house, but the ark of the LORD’s covenant is in a tent.”

Matthew 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Acts 20:25“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.

1 Timothy 6:13I command you before God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

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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