1 Chronicles 28:8

8 Now therefore before all the company of Israel, (and) in the hearing of God, (I say,) keep ye and seek ye all the commandments of your Lord God (obey ye and seek ye to understand all the commands of the Lord your God), (so) that ye (can) have in possession a good land, and that ye leave it to your sons after you into without end.

1 Chronicles 28:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 28:8

Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of
the Lord
Whom this assembly represented:

and in the audience of our God;
before him, as Jarchi, in whose presence they were, and who heard and saw all that passed, and to whom David appeals as a witness; the Targum is,

``before the Word of the Lord.''

before whom all things are naked and open, ( Hebrews 4:12 Hebrews 4:13 )

keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God;
seek to know them, search for them in the word of God, and endeavour to keep them:

that ye may possess this good land;
continue in the possession of it, for by their obedience they held it, ( Isaiah 1:19 )

and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever;
that so they might not be removed from it, and carried captive into other lands, as they were for their disobedience.

1 Chronicles 28:8 In-Context

6 And he said to me, Solomon, thy son, shall build mine house, and mine altars; for I have chosen him to me into a son, and I shall be to him into a father; (And he said to me, Thy son Solomon shall build my House, and my altars; for I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I shall be a father to him;)

7 and I shall make steadfast his realm into without end, if he shall continue to do my behests and [my] dooms, as and today. (and I shall establish his kingdom forevermore, if he shall continue to do my commands and my judgements/if he shall continue to obey my commands and my laws, as in this day.)

8 Now therefore before all the company of Israel, (and) in the hearing of God, (I say,) keep ye and seek ye all the commandments of your Lord God (obey ye and seek ye to understand all the commands of the Lord your God), (so) that ye (can) have in possession a good land, and that ye leave it to your sons after you into without end.

9 But thou, Solomon, my son, know [thou] the God of thy father, and serve thou him with (a) perfect heart, and with a willful soul, or mind (and with a willing mind); for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and he understandeth all the thoughts of souls; if thou seekest him, thou shalt find him; forsooth if thou forsakest him, he shall cast thee away without end.

10 Now therefore, for the Lord hath chosen thee, for to build the house of [the] saintuary, be thou comforted, and perform it. (And so now, for the Lord hath chosen thee, to build the House of the sanctuary, be thou strengthened, and do it.)