Discovery Box1 Chronicles 22:1-15
Context22:1 David then said, “This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”
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. 22:3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed, 22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)
22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, 1 and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. 2 Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
22:6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. 22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted 3 to build a temple to honor 4 the Lord my God. 22:8 But the Lord said to me: 5 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, 6 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me. 22:9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. 7 I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. 8 Indeed, Solomon 9 will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 10 22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; 11 he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ 12
22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. 13 22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey 14 the law of the Lord your God. 22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. 15 Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 16 22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. 17 I have stored up 100,000 talents 18 of gold, 1,000,000 19 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more! 22:15 You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, 20 and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled
[22:5] 1 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
[22:5] 2 tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”
[22:7] 3 tn Heb “I was with my heart.”
[22:7] 4 tn Heb “for the name of.”
[22:8] 5 tn Heb “and the word of the
[22:8] 6 tn Heb “for my name.”
[22:9] 7 tn Heb “man of rest.”
[22:9] 8 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
[22:9] 9 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
[22:9] 10 tn Heb “in his days.”
[22:10] 11 tn Heb “for my name.”
[22:10] 12 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
[22:11] 13 tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”
[22:13] 15 tn Heb “which the
[22:13] 16 tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”
[22:14] 17 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
[22:14] 18 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
