1 Chronicles 22:17

17 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

1 Chronicles 22:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 22:17

David also commanded all the princes of Israel
His courtiers and nobles that were about him:

to help Solomon his son;
by their advice, and with their purses, should he need them, and by overlooking the workmen, directing and encouraging them:

saying;
as follows.

1 Chronicles 22:17 In-Context

15 You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and people skilled in every kind of work

16 in gold, silver, bronze, and iron-beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you."

17 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

18 "The Lord your God is with you, isn't He? And hasn't He given you rest on every side? For He has handed the land's inhabitants over to me, and the land has been subdued before the Lord and His people.

19 Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Get started building the Lord God's sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord's covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of the Lord."