1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

1 Chronicles 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Chronicles 7:19

7:19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Psalms 89:30-32

89:30 If his sons reject my law

and disobey my regulations,

89:31 if they break my rules

and do not keep my commandments,

89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club,

their sin by inflicting them with bruises.


tn Heb “know.”

tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

tn Or “desecrate.”

tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”

tn Heb “with blows their sin.”