1 Chronicles 22:6

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

Revised Version 1895

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, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

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

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD spake by the hand of Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

1 Chronicles 17:1And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD dwelleth under curtains.

Matthew 28:18And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

Acts 20:25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more.

1 Timothy 6:13I charge thee in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed 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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