1 Chronicles 28:6-10

6 He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will 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 forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time.’

8 “So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

1 Chronicles 28:6-10 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 Kings 8:20
• 2. S 2 Samuel 7:13; S 1 Chronicles 17:13; 1 Chronicles 22:9-10
• 3. 1 Chronicles 22:13
• 4. S 1 Chronicles 9:1
• 5. Deuteronomy 6:1
• 6. Deuteronomy 4:1; S Deuteronomy 17:14-20
• 7. S 1 Chronicles 29:19
• 8. S 1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalms 7:9
• 9. S 1 Chronicles 16:11; S Psalms 40:16; Jeremiah 29:13
• 10. S Deuteronomy 4:31; S Joshua 24:20; S 2 Chronicles 7:19; 2 Chronicles 15:2
• 11. 1 Kings 9:7; Psalms 44:23; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 77:7