1 Chronicles 22:6

Then he called Salomon his sonne, and charged him to builde an house for the Lord God of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Dauid saide, Salomon my sonne is yong and tender, and we must builde an house for the Lord, magnificall, excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreyes. I will therefore nowe prepare for him. So Dauid prepared very much before his death.

7And Dauid said to Salomon, My sonne, I purposed with my selfe to builde an house to the Name of the Lord my God,

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23Then he put his handes vpon him, and gaue him a charge, as the Lord had spoken by the hand of Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:23And God gaue Ioshua the sonne of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the lande, which I sware vnto them, and I will be with thee.

1 Chronicles 17:1Nowe afterward when Dauid dwelt in his house, he saide to Nathan the Prophet, Beholde, I dwell in an house of cedar trees, but the Arke of the Lordes couenant remaineth vnder curtaines.

Matthew 28:18And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.

Acts 20:25And now behold, I know that henceforth ye all, through whome I haue gone preaching the kingdome of God, shall see my face no more.

1 Timothy 6:13I charge thee in the sight of God, who quickeneth all thinges, and before Iesus Christ, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a 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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