1 Chronicles 28:11-19

11 Then David gave to his son Solomon ¹the plan of ²the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms and ³the room for the mercy seat;

12 and the plan of all that he had in mind, for the courts of the house of the LORD, and for all the surrounding rooms, for ⁴the storehouses of the house of God and for the storehouses of the dedicated things;

13 also for ⁵the divisions of the priests and ⁶the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD and for all the utensils of service in the house of the LORD;

14 for the golden utensils, the weight of gold for all utensils for every kind of service; for the silver utensils, the weight of silver for all utensils for every kind of service;

15 and the weight of gold for the ⁷golden lampstands and their golden lamps, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for the silver lampstands, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps according to the use of each lampstand;

16 and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for each table; and silver for the silver tables;

17 and the forks, the basins, and the pitchers of pure gold; and for the golden bowls with the weight for each bowl; and for the silver bowls with the weight for each bowl;

18 and for ⁸the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, even ⁹the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

19 "All this," said David, "the LORD made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, ¹⁰all the details of this pattern."

1 Chronicles 28:11-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 28

David, having convened the principal men of the nation, declared Solomon his successor, whom God had chosen both to be king, and to build the temple, 1Ch 28:1-7, and exhorted both them and him to serve the Lord, and build an house for him, 1Ch 28:8-10, then gave Solomon the pattern of it, and an account of the materials he had prepared for it, 1Ch 28:11-19, and encouraged him to go about the work with alacrity and intrepidity, 1Ch 28:20,21.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 25:40; 1 Chronicles 28:12, 19
• 2. 1 Kings 6:3
• 3. Exodus 25:17-22
• 4. 1 Chronicles 26:20, 28
• 5. 1 Chronicles 24:1
• 6. 1 Chronicles 23:6
• 7. Exodus 25:31-39
• 8. Exodus 30:1-10
• 9. Exodus 25:18-22
• 10. 1 Chronicles 28:11, 12

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "the spirit with him"
• [b]. Lit "works"