1Chronicles 22:16 - Prayer Tents

David Prepares for Temple Building

22THEN DAVID said, Here shall be the house of the Lord God, and here the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.H1732H559H1004H3068H430H4196H5930H3478

2David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.H1732H559H3664H1616H776H3478H5975H2672H2672H1496H68H1129H1004H430

3David prepared iron in abundance for nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weighing,H1732H3559H1270H7230H4548H1817H8179H4226H5178H7230H4948

4Also cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar timber to David.H730H6086H369H4557H6722H6876H935H7230H730H6086H1732

5David said, Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.H1732H559H8010H1121H5288H7390H1004H1129H3068H4605H1431H8034H8597H776H3559H1732H3559H7230H6440H4194

Solomon Charged with the Task

6Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.H7121H8010H1121H6680H1129H1004H3068H430H3478

7David said to Solomon, My son, it was in my heart to build a house to the Name {and} [for the symbol of] the Presence of the Lord my God.H1732H559H8010H1121H3824H1129H1004H8034H3068H430

8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.H1697H3068H559H8210H1818H7230H6213H1419H4421H1129H1004H8034H8210H7227H1818H776H6440

9Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon [peaceable], and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.H1121H3205H376H4496H5117H341H5439H8034H8010H5414H7965H8253H3478H3117

10He shall build a house for My Name {and} [the symbol of My] Presence. He shall be My son, and I will be his father; and I will establish his royal throne over Israel forever.H1129H1004H8034H1121H1H3559H3678H4438H3478H5704H5769

11Now, my son, the Lord be with and prosper you in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.H1121H3068H6743H1129H1004H3068H430H1696

12Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding as you are put in charge of Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.H3068H5414H7922H998H6680H3478H8104H8451H3068H430

13Then you will prosper if you are careful to keep {and} fulfill the statutes and ordinances with which the Lord charged Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage. Dread not {and} fear not; be not dismayed.H6743H8104H6213H2706H4941H3068H6680H4872H3478H2388H553H3372H2865

14In my affliction {and} trouble I have provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weighing. I have also provided timber and stone; you must add to them.H6040H3559H1004H3068H3967H505H3603H2091H505H505H3603H3701H5178H1270H4948H7230H6086H68H3559H3254

15You have workmen in abundance: hewers, workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skillful in doing every kind of workH6213H4399H7230H2672H2796H68H6086H2450H4399

16With gold, silver, bronze, and iron. So arise and be doing, and the Lord be with you!H2091H3701H5178H1270H4557H6965H6213H3068

17David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,H1732H6680H8269H3478H5826H8010H1121

18Is not the Lord your God with you? And has He not given you peace on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and His people.H3068H430H5117H5439H5414H3427H776H3027H776H3533H6440H3068H6440H5971

19Now set your mind and heart to seek (inquire of and require as your vital necessity) the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into the house built to the Name {and} renown of the Lord.H5414H3824H5315H1875H3068H430H6965H1129H4720H3068H430H935H727H1285H3068H6944H3627H430H1004H1129H8034H3068