1 Chronicles 28:9-21
1599 Geneva Bible
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: (A)For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.
10 Take heed now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to build [a]the house of the Sanctuary: be strong therefore and [b]do it.
11 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of the houses thereof, and of the closets thereof, and of the galleries thereof, and of the chambers thereof that are within, and of the house of the mercy seat,
12 And the pattern of all that [c]he had in his mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedicate things,
13 And for the courses of the Priests, and of the Levites, and for all the work for the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of the ministry of the house of the Lord.
14 He gave of gold by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of all manner of service, and all the vessels of silver by weight, for all manner vessels of all manner of service.
15 The weight also of gold for the [d]candlesticks, and gold for their lamps, with the weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof, and for the candlesticks of silver by the weight of the candlestick, and the lamps thereof according to the use of every candlestick,
16 And the weight of the gold for the tables of showbread, for every table, and silver for the tables of silver,
17 And pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and [e]plates, and for basins, gold in weight for every basin, and for silver basins, by weight for every basin,
18 And for the altar of incense, pure gold by weight, and gold for the pattern of [f]the chariot of the Cherubs that spread themselves, and covered the Ark of the covenant of the Lord:
19 All, said he, by writing sent to me [g]by the hand of the Lord, which made me understand all the workmanship of the pattern.
20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of a valiant courage, and do it: fear not, nor be afraid: for the Lord God, even my God is with thee: he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
21 Behold also, the companies of the Priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God, even they shall be with thee for the whole work, [h]with every free heart that is skillful in any manner of service. The princes also and all the people will be [i]wholly at thy commandment.
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- 1 Chronicles 28:10 Meaning, for his Ark.
- 1 Chronicles 28:10 Put it in execution.
- 1 Chronicles 28:12 Hebrew, that were in his spirit with him.
- 1 Chronicles 28:15 That is, the ten candlesticks, 1 Kings 7:49.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17 Or, coverings.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 Meaning, of the mercy seat which covered the Ark, which was called the chariot, because the Lord declared himself there.
- 1 Chronicles 28:19 For all this was left in writing in the book of the Law, Exod. 25:40, which book the king was bound to put in execution, Deut. 17:19.
- 1 Chronicles 28:21 That is, everyone will be ready to help thee with those gifts that God hath given him.
- 1 Chronicles 28:21 Hebrew, at all thy words.
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