1 Chronicles 22:6

22:6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:10

28:10 Realize ¹  now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

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. ²  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Chronicles 14:1

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ³  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ⁴  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 ⁵  for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. ⁶ 

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 ⁷  to build a temple to honor ⁸  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 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ⁹  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. ¹⁰  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

[28:10]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[28:2]  ¹ 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.”

[14:1]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[14:1]  ² tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

[17:25]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:25]  ² 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.”

[22:7]  ¹ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ² tn Heb “for the name of.”

[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.”