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Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death. <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’ <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> 1,000,000 talents of silver,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work— <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon: <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Solomon</i> sounds like and is probably derived from the Hebrew word for <i>peace</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>100,000 talents</i> is approximately 3,770 tons or 3,420 metric tons of gold.<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>1,000,000 talents</i> is approximately 37,700 tons or 34,200 metric tons of silver.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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