1 Chronicles 28:15-21

15 the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand;

16 the weight of gold for each table for the rows [of the bread of the Presence] and the silver for the silver tables;

17 the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

18 the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of^[a] the gold cherubim that spread out [their wings] and cover the ark of the Lord's covenant.^[b]

19 [David concluded,] "By the Lord's hand on me, He enabled me to understand everything in writing, all the details of the plan."^[c]

20 Then David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and courageous,^[d] and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won't leave you or forsake you^[e] until all the work for the service of the Lord's house is finished.

21 Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God's house. Every willing man of any skill will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command."

1 Chronicles 28:15-21 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Or chariot, that is; Ps 18:10; Ezk 1:5,15
• [b] 1 Kg 8:6-7; 2 Ch 5:7-8
• [c] Hb obscure
• [d] 1 Ch 22:13; Jos 1:6-7; 2 Ch 32:7
• [e] Dt 31:6; Jos 1:5,9