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1 Chronicles 28:2-10
New International Version
1 Chronicles 28:2-10
New International Version
2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart(A) to build a house as a place of rest(B) for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool(C) of our God, and I made plans to build it.(D) 3 But God said to me,(E) ‘You are not to build a house for my Name,(F) because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’(G)
4 “Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me(H) from my whole family(I) to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah(J) as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.(K) 5 Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many(L)—he has chosen my son Solomon(M) to sit on the throne(N) of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build(O) my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son,(P) and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws,(Q) as is being done at this time.’
8 “So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel(R) and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands(S) of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.(T)
9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(U) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(V) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(W) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(X) him, he will reject(Y) you forever. 10 Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”
1 Chronicles 28:2-10
King James Version
1 Chronicles 28:2-10
King James Version
2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
4 Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
5 And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
10 Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
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