1 Chronicles 22:1-6

David Prepares for Temple Building

1 Then David said, "¹This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

2 So David gave orders to gather ²the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and ³he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

3 David ⁴prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more ⁵bronze than could be weighed;

4 and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for ⁶the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

5 David said, "My son ⁷Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it." So David made ample preparations before his death.

Solomon Charged with the Task

6 Then ⁸he called for his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:1-6 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 21:18-28; 2 Chronicles 3:1
• 2. 1 Kings 9:20, 21; 2 Chronicles 2:17
• 3. 1 Kings 5:17, 18
• 4. 1 Chronicles 29:2, 7
• 5. 1 Chronicles 22:14
• 6. 1 Kings 5:6-10
• 7. 1 Kings 3:7; 1 Chronicles 29:1
• 8. 1 Kings 2:1

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "said to"
• [b] Lit "for"