Discovery Box1 Chronicles 28:2-8
Context28:2 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. 1 I have made the preparations for building it. 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, 2 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. 3 Indeed, 4 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. 5 28:5 From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. 6 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.’ 7 28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: 8 Carefully observe 9 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.
[28:2] 1 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
[28:3] 2 tn Heb “for my name.”
[28:4] 3 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
[28:4] 5 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”
[28:5] 4 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the
[28:7] 5 tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”
[28:8] 6 tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
