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 men skilled in every kind of work—

16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen 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 “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

19 Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”