1 Chronicles 28:6-7

6 He said to me, ‘It is ¹Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

7 I will establish his kingdom ²forever ³if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today. ’

1 Chronicles 28:6-7 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.

Cross References

• 1. 28:6 See 2 Sam. 7:13, 14
• 2. 28:7 [See ver. 4 above]
• 3. 28:7 [ch. 22:13]