1 Chronicles 22:6-19

Solomon Charged to Build the Temple

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

7 David said to Solomon, "My son, ¹I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ²'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 before me on the earth.

9 Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. ³I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. ⁴For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

10 ⁵He shall build a house for my name. ⁶He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.'

11 "Now, my son, ⁷the LORD be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

12 ⁸Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

13 ⁹Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. ¹⁰Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the LORD ¹¹ 100,000 talents^[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and ¹²bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.

15 You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working

16 gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! ¹³The LORD be with you!"

17 David also commanded ¹⁴all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

18 "Is not the LORD your God with you? And ¹⁵has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and his people.

19 Now ¹⁶set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, ¹⁷so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built ¹⁸for the name of the LORD."

1 Chronicles 22:6-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 22

In this chapter we read of the place David pitched upon by divine direction for building the temple on, 1Ch 22:1, the preparation he made of artificers to build it, and of matter to build it of, as iron, brass, and wood, 1Ch 22:2-5, the charge and instructions he gave to Solomon to set about it, 1Ch 22:6-16 and to the princes of Israel to assist him in it, 1Ch 22:7-19.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 17:1, 2; 1 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Samuel 7:2, 3; 1 Kings 8:17; See Psalms 132:1-5
• 2. 1 Chronicles 28:3; [1 Kings 5:3]
• 3. 1 Kings 5:4; [ver. 18; 1 Kings 4:25]
• 4. 2 Samuel 12:24
• 5. See 2 Samuel 7:13
• 6. 1 Chronicles 28:6; 2 Samuel 7:14; Hebrews 1:5
• 7. ver. 16; [1 Samuel 20:13]
• 8. [1 Kings 3:9, 12; Psalms 72:1]
• 9. 1 Chronicles 28:7
• 10. 1 Chronicles 28:20; [Deuteronomy 31:6, 7; Josh. 1:6, 7, 9]
• 11. [1 Chronicles 29:4]
• 12. ver. 3
• 13. ver. 11
• 14. See 1 Chronicles 28:1-6
• 15. 1 Chronicles 23:25; [Deuteronomy 12:10; Joshua 21:44; Joshua 23:1; 2 Samuel 7:1]; See ver. 9
• 16. [2 Chronicles 20:3]
• 17. 1 Kings 8:6, 21; 2 Chronicles 5:7; 2 Chronicles 6:11
• 18. ver. 7; 1 Kings 5:3

Footnotes

• [a]. A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms