1 Chronicles 22:6-19

Solomon Charged with the Task

6 Then ¹he called for his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

7 David said to Solomon, "²My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

8 "But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, '³You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.

9 'Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and ⁴I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for ⁵his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

10 '⁶He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever *.'

11 "Now, my son, ⁷the LORD be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of the LORD your God just as He has spoken concerning you.

12 "⁸Only the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, so that you may ⁹keep the law of the LORD your God.

13 "¹⁰Then you will prosper, if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses concerning Israel. ¹¹Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed.

14 "Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the LORD ¹² 100,000 * talents of gold and 1,000,000 * talents of silver, and ¹³ bronze and iron beyond weight, for they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

15 "Moreover, there are many workmen with you, stonecutters and masons of stone and carpenters *, and all men who are skillful in every kind of work.

16 "Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may ¹⁴the LORD be with you."

17 ¹⁵David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,

18 "Is not the LORD your God with you? And ¹⁶has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and before His people.

19 "Now ¹⁷set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, ¹⁸so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built ¹⁹for the name of the LORD."

1 Chronicles 22:6-19 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 Kings 2:1
• 2. 2 Samuel 7:2, 3; 1 Chronicles 17:1
• 3. 1 Chronicles 28:3
• 4. 1 Kings 4:20, 25
• 5. 2 Samuel 12:24, 25
• 6. 2 Samuel 7:13, 14; 1 Chronicles 17:12
• 7. 1 Chronicles 22:16
• 8. 1 Kings 3:9-12; 2 Chronicles 1:10
• 9. 1 Kings 2:3
• 10. 1 Chronicles 28:7
• 11. Joshua 1:6-9
• 12. 1 Chronicles 29:4
• 13. 1 Chronicles 22:3
• 14. 1 Chronicles 22:11
• 15. 1 Chronicles 28:1-6
• 16. 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 23:25
• 17. 1 Chronicles 28:9
• 18. 1 Kings 8:6, 21; 2 Chronicles 5:7
• 19. 1 Chronicles 22:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "as for me, it was in my heart"
• [b]. Lit "made"
• [c]. I.e. peaceful
• [d]. Lit "in my affliction"
• [e]. Lit "it is"