1 Chronicles 22:11-19

11 "Now, my son, ¹the LORD be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

12 ²Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

13 ³Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. ⁴Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the LORD ⁵ 100,000 talents^[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and ⁶bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.

15 You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working

16 gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! ⁷The LORD be with you!"

17 David also commanded ⁸all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

18 "Is not the LORD your God with you? And ⁹has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and his people.

19 Now ¹⁰set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, ¹¹so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built ¹²for the name of the LORD."

1 Chronicles 22:11-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 22

In this chapter we read of the place David pitched upon by divine direction for building the temple on, 1Ch 22:1, the preparation he made of artificers to build it, and of matter to build it of, as iron, brass, and wood, 1Ch 22:2-5, the charge and instructions he gave to Solomon to set about it, 1Ch 22:6-16 and to the princes of Israel to assist him in it, 1Ch 22:7-19.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 16; [1 Samuel 20:13]
• 2. [1 Kings 3:9, 12; Psalms 72:1]
• 3. 1 Chronicles 28:7
• 4. 1 Chronicles 28:20; [Deuteronomy 31:6, 7; Josh. 1:6, 7, 9]
• 5. [1 Chronicles 29:4]
• 6. ver. 3
• 7. ver. 11
• 8. See 1 Chronicles 28:1-6
• 9. 1 Chronicles 23:25; [Deuteronomy 12:10; Joshua 21:44; Joshua 23:1; 2 Samuel 7:1]; See ver. 9
• 10. [2 Chronicles 20:3]
• 11. 1 Kings 8:6, 21; 2 Chronicles 5:7; 2 Chronicles 6:11
• 12. ver. 7; 1 Kings 5:3

Footnotes

• [a]. A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms