1 Chronicles 28:1-3

David’s Plans for the Temple

1 David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.

2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it.

3 But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

1 Chronicles 28:1-3 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. 1 Chronicles 22:17
• 2. 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 27:1-31; 1 Chronicles 29:6
• 3. S 1 Samuel 10:7; S 1 Chronicles 17:2
• 4. 2 Chronicles 6:41
• 5. Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7; Isaiah 60:13
• 6. Psalms 132:1-5
• 7. S 2 Samuel 7:5
• 8. 1 Chronicles 22:8
• 9. S 1 Kings 5:3; S 1 Chronicles 17:4