1 Chronicles 22 (A Chapter a Day)

1 Then David said, “The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Preparations for the Temple

2
So David gave orders to assemble the aliens living in Israel, and from
among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for
building the house of God. 3
He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the
gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed. 4
He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the
Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

5
David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house
to be built for the LORD should be of great magnificence and fame and
splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make
preparations for it.” So David made extensive preparations before his
death.

6 Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God. 8
But this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and
have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name,
because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9
But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will
give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be
Solomon, ^[a] and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 10
He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will 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, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the LORD your God, as he said you would. 12
May the LORD give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in
command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
13 Then you will have
success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the
LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid
or discouraged.

14 “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents ^[b] of gold, a million talents ^[c] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 15 You have many workmen: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as men skilled in every kind of work 16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the LORD be with you.”

17 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. 18
He said to them, “Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not
granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of
the land over to me, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his
people. 19 Now devote your
heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the
sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the
covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the
temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

Footnotes:

1. 1 Chronicles 22:9 Solomon sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for peace .
2. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 3,750 tons (about 3,450 metric tons)
3. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 37,500 tons (about 34,500 metric tons)

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