Discovery Box1 Chronicles 28:1-8
Context28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 1 all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
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. 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, 3 for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’ 28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. 4 Indeed, 5 he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel. 6 28:5 From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. 7 28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father. 28:7 I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’ 8 28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: 9 Carefully observe 10 all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.
[28:1] 1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[28:2] 2 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
[28:3] 3 tn Heb “for my name.”
[28:4] 4 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
[28:4] 6 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”
[28:5] 5 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the
[28:7] 6 tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”
[28:8] 7 tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
