1 Chronicles 28:11-19

11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule [of the temple] and its buildings, treasuries, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the place of atonement.^[a]

12 The plans contained everything he had in mind^[b] for the courts of the Lord's house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of God's house, and the treasuries for what is dedicated.

13 [Also included were plans] for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord's house; all the articles of service of the Lord's house;

14 the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;

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^[c] the gold cherubim that spread out [their wings] and cover the ark of the Lord's covenant.^[d]

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

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.

Footnotes

• [a] Ex 25:9,40
• [b] Or he received from the Spirit; v. 19
• [c] Or chariot, that is; Ps 18:10; Ezk 1:5,15
• [d] 1 Kg 8:6-7; 2 Ch 5:7-8
• [e] Hb obscure