1 Chronicles 14:1

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ¹  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ²  and carpenters to build a palace for him.

1 Chronicles 17:25

17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty ³  for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 22:2

David Orders a Temple to Be Built

22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 22:7

22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted ⁵  to build a temple to honor ⁶  the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 29:16

29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

¹ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

² tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

³ tn Heb “house.”

⁴ tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”

⁵ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

⁶ tn Heb “for the name of.”