1 Chronicles 22:6

Solomon Charged with the Task

6 Then ¹he called for his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

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1 Chronicles 22:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 22:6

Then he called for Solomon his son
To be brought before him:

and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel;
which charge was given a little before his death, after he had made great preparations for this work, as appears from ( 1 Chronicles 22:5 1 Chronicles 22:14-16 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 22:6 In-Context

4 and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

5 David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it." So David made ample preparations before his death.

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

7 David said to Solomon, "My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

8 "But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.

Cross References 1

1. 1 Kings 2:1