1 Chronicles 28

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 28

Assembly at Jerusalem.^[a] ¹David summoned all the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions for the service of the king, the captains of the thousands, the captains of the hundreds, the officials in charge of all the goods and possessions of the king and his sons, together with the other officials, the mighty men, and the brave warriors to Jerusalem. ²King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brethren, my people. I had my heart set upon building a house to serve as a resting place for the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, the footstool of our God. I made preparations for building it, ³but God said to me, ‘You will not build a house for my name for you have been a man of war and have shed blood.’

⁴“Yet, the Lord, the God of Israel, has chosen me from my father’s entire household to be the king over Israel forever, and from Judah he chose me as leader, from the house of Judah, the household of my father and the sons of my father. It pleased him to make me king over all of Israel. ⁵From my sons, from my many sons whom the Lord has given me, the Lord has chosen Solomon, my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. ⁷I will establish his kingdom forever if he carefully observes my commandments and my ordinances, as they are doing today.’

⁸“Now therefore, in the sight of all of Israel and the assembly of the Lord and in the hearing of our God, I charge you to carefully observe all of the commandments of the Lord, your God, so that you might possess this good land and it might be an inheritance for your descendants forever.

⁹“And you, Solomon, my son, know that God is your father. Serve him with all your heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart, and he understands the ponderings of every thought. If you seek him, you will find him, but if you abandon him, then he will cast you off forever. ¹⁰Take heed, now, that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as a sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

¹¹Temple Plans Given to Solomon. David then gave Solomon, his son, the plans for the porch of the temple, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the seat of mercy.^[b] ¹²The plans included everything that the Spirit had inspired concerning the courtyards of the temple of the Lord, all of the surrounding chambers, the treasury of the temple of the Lord, and the treasury for the dedicated objects.

¹³He also told him about the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all of the work to be done in the service of the temple of the Lord, as well as, for all the vessels used in the service of the temple of the Lord.

¹⁴He gave the weight of the gold and all the golden implements for the various forms of service, and the weight of the silver in the implements for the various forms of service. ¹⁵He also told him the weight for the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of the gold for each of the lampstands and their lamps, the weight of the silver for the lampstands and their lamps, according to the use of each of the lampstands. ¹⁶He told him the weight of the gold for each of the tables for the shewbread and likewise the weight of the silver for the silver tables. ¹⁷He told him the weight of the pure gold for the forks, the sprinkling bowls, and the pitchers, the weight of gold for each of the basins, and the weight of the silver for each of the silver dishes. ¹⁸He told him the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the pattern for the chariot, that is, the golden cherubim with outstretched wings that covered the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.

¹⁹David said, “This is all in writing for the hand of the Lord was upon me; he gave me understanding of all of the details of the plan.”

²⁰David also said to Solomon, his son, “Be strong! Be brave! Do it! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord, the God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor will he abandon you until you have finished all of the work in service of the temple of the Lord. ²¹Behold, the divisions for the priests and the Levites for all of their service in the temple of the Lord are completed, and you will have at your disposition every type of workman skillful in every craft. The leaders and the people will obey your every command.”

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 28:1 During a solemn liturgy David tells the people of his plans for the temple; he involves them all in the great work, and asks for God’s help. This passage continues the account that was interrupted in 1 Chr 23:2.
1 Chronicles 28:11 The buildings and locus of the seat of mercy or place of atonement were the sanctuary and the Holy of Holies (place of the Ark and its cover, the seat of mercy, which is named because it played the most important role in the annual rite of atonement).

歷代志上 28

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

大衛對所羅門的囑咐

28 大衛召以色列的眾首領到耶路撒冷。於是，各支派的首領、各班將領、千夫長、百夫長、負責王和王子的財產及牲畜的官員、宮廷侍臣、顯貴和勇士都來了， ²大衛王站起來說：「我的弟兄，我的人民啊，請聽我說。我本想建造一座殿宇安放耶和華的約櫃，作我們上帝的腳凳，我已準備好建造的材料。 ³但上帝對我說，『你不可為我的名建造殿宇，因為你是個戰士，曾流過人的血。』 ⁴以色列的上帝耶和華從我父親家中揀選我做以色列的王，直到永遠。因為祂揀選了猶大支派做首領；在猶大支派中，祂揀選了我父親家；在我父親的眾子中，祂喜悅我，立我做以色列的王。 ⁵耶和華賜給我許多兒子，祂在我眾子中揀選了所羅門，讓他坐以色列的王位，治理耶和華的國。 ⁶耶和華對我說，『你兒子所羅門必建造我的殿宇和庭院，因為我揀選他做我的兒子，我也必做他的父親。 ⁷倘若他像今天一樣繼續堅守我的誡命和典章，我必使他的國度永遠穩固。』 ⁸現在，當著耶和華的會眾——全體以色列人的面，趁著我們的上帝在垂聽，你們要謹遵你們的上帝耶和華的一切誡命，以便你們可以擁有這片佳美之地，並且把它傳給你們的子孫作永遠的產業。

⁹「我兒所羅門啊，你要認識你父親的上帝耶和華，誠心樂意地事奉祂，因為祂洞察人心，知道人一切的心思意念。倘若你尋求祂，祂必讓你尋見；倘若你背棄祂，祂必永遠丟棄你。 ¹⁰現在你要謹慎，因為耶和華揀選你來建造殿宇作聖所。你要堅定不移地去做。」

¹¹大衛將殿的走廊、房舍、庫房、樓房、內室和安放施恩座的聖所的圖樣都交給所羅門， ¹²又將心裡構想的耶和華殿的院子、四周的房屋、殿的庫房和聖物庫房的圖樣都交給他。 ¹³大衛還讓他知道祭司和利未人的班次、耶和華殿裡各樣的工作及一切所需的器皿， ¹⁴製造各種金器銀器所需金銀的分量—— ¹⁵金燈臺和金燈的分量，銀燈臺和銀燈的分量——按每座燈臺的用途酌定金銀的分量， ¹⁶放供餅的金桌子的分量，銀桌子的分量， ¹⁷純金的叉子、碗、瓶的分量，每個金碗和銀碗的分量， ¹⁸純金香壇的分量，以及在施恩座上展開翅膀遮蓋耶和華約櫃的基路伯天使的樣式。 ¹⁹大衛說：「以上這一切都是耶和華親手指示我的，讓我明白工作的細節。」

²⁰大衛又對兒子所羅門說：「你要堅定勇敢地去做！不要懼怕，也不要驚慌，因為我的上帝耶和華必不撇下你，也不丟棄你，祂必與你同在，直到聖殿的一切工作完畢。 ²¹你看，在上帝殿裡司職的各班祭司和利未人已準備就緒，又有各種能工巧匠樂意在各種工作上幫你，眾首領和百姓都聽你調遣。」

1 Chronicles 28

International Standard Version

David Addresses Israel

28 David gathered together all of the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, division officers who reported to the king, the commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, the supervisors of the property and livestock that belonged to the king and to his sons, along with all of the officers of the palace, the elite forces, and all of the soldiers.

²King David rose to his feet and said, “My fellow citizens,^[a] may I have your attention. I intended to build a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, for a footstool of our God, so I began preparations for its construction. ³But then God told me, ‘You will not build a temple to my name, because you are a man of war, and you have committed bloodshed.’^[b] ⁴Nevertheless, the Lord God of Israel chose me from my entire ancestral household to be king over Israel forever, since he had chosen Judah as Commander-in-Chief.^[c] In my ancestor Judah’s household, from my father’s household, and from among my father’s sons it pleased him to make me king over all of Israel.

⁵“Now out of all of my sons (since the Lord has given me many of them), he has selected my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord, ruling^[d] over Israel. ⁶He told me,

‘I chose your son Solomon to be the one who will construct my Temple and my courts, because I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I will be a father to him. ⁷I will establish his kingdom forever, assuming he remains strongly committed to carry out my commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.’

⁸Therefore, in the presence^[e] of all of Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and while our God is listening, observe and search through all of the commandments of the Lord your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land, leaving it for an inheritance forever to benefit your descendants who come after you.”

David Addresses Solomon Directly

⁹“Now as for you, my son Solomon, get to know the God of your father. Serve him with a sound heart and a devoted soul, because the Lord is searching every heart, every plan and thought. He will be found by you, assuming you are seeking him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you forever. ¹⁰So keep watching, because the Lord has chosen you to build the Temple of his sanctuary. So be strong, and get to work!”

David Transfers Plans and Materials to Solomon

¹¹At this point in his address,^[f] David transferred to his son Solomon the construction plans for the Hall of Justice,^[g] its buildings, its treasure vaults, its upper rooms, its inner chambers, the housing for the Mercy Seat, ¹²and the plans for everything else that he had in mind for the courtyards of the Temple of the Lord. Included were plans for^[h] all of the surrounding vaults and treasuries of the Temple of God intended for storage of^[i] dedicated gifts, ¹³for use by the ranks of priests and descendants of Levi, for all the work of service responsibilities in the Temple of the Lord, and for all of the utensils used in the work of the Temple of the Lord. ¹⁴David also transferred to him^[j] by weight the gold that was to be used to craft the^[k] service utensils, the silver that was to be used to craft the^[l] service utensils, ¹⁵the gold for the golden lamp stands and their lamps, the silver for a lamp stand and its lamps (each according to its intended use in the service), ¹⁶the gold by weight for each table of the rows of bread, the silver for the silver tables, ¹⁷pure gold for the forks, the basins, the cups, the golden bowls (along with enough gold by weight for each one), enough weight for each of the silver bowls, ¹⁸refined gold for the altar of incense, by weight, along with his plans for crafting^[m] the golden chariot for the cherubim that spread out their wings to cover the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.

David Continues His Address

¹⁹“All of these things the Lord made clear to me in writing at his direction—the construction plans for all of the building.”

²⁰David continued with these words for his son Solomon: “Be strong and courageous, and get to work. Never be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor will he abandon you right up to your completion of the work for the service of the Temple of the Lord. ²¹Now look! Here are the ranks of the priests and the descendants of Levi for the entire service of the Temple of God, and in all of the work there will be all types of volunteers who have skills for anything needed for the services. Furthermore, the officers and all of the people will be at your complete command.”

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 28:2 Lit. My brothers and my people
1 Chronicles 28:3 I.e. perhaps an allusion to Uriah the Hittite
1 Chronicles 28:4 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority
1 Chronicles 28:5 The Heb. lacks ruling
1 Chronicles 28:8 Lit. eyes
1 Chronicles 28:11 The Heb. lacks At this point in his address
1 Chronicles 28:11 Or Temple vestibule
1 Chronicles 28:12 The Heb. lacks were plans for
1 Chronicles 28:12 The Heb. lacks intended for storage of
1 Chronicles 28:14 The Heb. lacks David also transferred to him
1 Chronicles 28:14 The Heb. lacks that was to be used to craft the
1 Chronicles 28:14 The Heb. lacks that was to be used to craft the
1 Chronicles 28:18 The Heb. lacks for crafting

1 Chronicles 28

King James Version

28 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

²Then 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:

³But 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.

⁴Howbeit 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:

⁵And 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.

⁶And 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.

⁷Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

⁸Now 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.

⁹And 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.

¹⁰Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

¹¹Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

¹²And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:

¹³Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord.

¹⁴He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

¹⁵Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

¹⁶And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

¹⁷Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

¹⁸And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

¹⁹All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

²⁰And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

²¹And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.