1Chr 28
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And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all
the chief men of the courses of attendance on the person of the king, and the captains
of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the lords of his substance, and
of all the king’s property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty
men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.
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And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and
my people: it was in my heart to build a house of rest Gr. of for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a Gr. standing
place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared materials suitable for the building:
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but God said, You shall not build me a house to call my name upon it, for you are
a man of war, and have shed blood.
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Yet the Lord God of Israel chose Gr. in me; Hebraism me Gr. from out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel
for ever; and he chose
Juda as the kingly house, and out of the house of Juda he chose the house of my father;
and among the sons of my father he preferred me, that I should be king over all Israel.
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And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my
son, to Or, to place him set him on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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And God said to me, Solomon your son shall build my house and my court: for I have
chosen him to be my son, and I will be to him a father.
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And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments,
and my judgements, Gr. as this day is as at this day.
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And now I charge you before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of
our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that you may inherit
the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you for ever.
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And now, my son Solomon, know the God of your fathers, and serve him with a perfect
heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought:
if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you should forsake him, he will forsake
you for ever.
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See now, for the Lord has chosen you to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong
and do it.
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And David gave Solomon his son the plan of the temple, and its buildings, and its
treasuries, and its upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the Gr. house place of the atonement,
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and the plan which he had in his Gr. spirit mind of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about,
designed for the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the holy
things, and of the chambers for resting:
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and the plan of the courses of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service
of the house of the Lord, and of the stores of vessels for ministration of the service
of the house of the Lord.
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And he gave him the account of their weight, both of gold and silver vessels.
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He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps.
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He gave him likewise the weight of the tables of Gr. tables of the setting forth shewbread, of each table of gold, and likewise
of the tables of silver:
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also of the flesh-hooks, and vessels for drink-offering, and golden bowls: and the
weight of the gold and silver articles, and censers, and The Hebrew word is in Greek letters bowls, according to the weight
of each.
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And he shewed him the weight of the utensils of the altar of incense, which was of
Gr. tried or approved pure gold, and the plan of the chariot of the cherubs that spread out Gr. with their wings their wings,
and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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David gave all to Solomon in the Lord’s handwriting, according to the knowledge given
him of the work of the pattern.
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And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not,
neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with you; he will not forsake you, and
will not fail you, until you have finished all the work of the service of the house
of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its The last words of this verse seem to be an interpolation
treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the Gr. house place of propitiation, and the plan of the
house of the Lord.
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And see, here are the courses of the priests and Levites for all the service of the
house of the Lord, and there shall be with you men for every Or, service workmanship, and every one of ready skill in every
art: also the chief men and all
the people, ready for all your commands.