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I CHRONICLES ยท Chapter 22
22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is
the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were
in the land of Israel; and he set stone workers to hew wrought stones to
build the house of God.
22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors
of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre
brought much cedar wood to David.
22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house
that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame
and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation
for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an
house for the LORD God of Israel.
22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind
to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
22:8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed blood
abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build an house unto
my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest;
and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name
shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his
days.
22:10 He shall build an 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 for ever.
22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build
the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you.
22:12 Only the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you
charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
22:13 Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes
and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong,
and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the
LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents
of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance:
timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add thereto.
22:15 Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner
of work.
22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is
no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with you.
22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon
his son, saying,
22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and has he not given you rest
on every side? for he has given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise
therefore, and build all of you the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into
the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
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