1 Chronicles 29:19

19 and ¹give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and ²to build the temple, for which I have made provision."

1 Chronicles 29:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:19

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes
All the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, even to observe them cordially and sincerely:

and to do all those things;
he had suggested to him particularly:

and to build the palace for the which I have made provision;
as before declared.

1 Chronicles 29:19 In-Context

17 "Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

18 "O LORD , the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You;

19 and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple, for which I have made provision."

20 Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the LORD your God." And all the assembly blessed the LORD , the God of their fathers, and bowed low and did homage to the LORD and to the king.

21 On the next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD , 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 72:1
• 2. 1 Chronicles 29:1, 2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "palace"