1 Chronicles 28:6

He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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In The King James Version

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

5Of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel.

7I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’

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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 happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 1:9Now, LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

Hebrews 3:3For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

Hebrews 4:5and in this place again, “They will not enter into 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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