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1 Chronicles 22:12 — Meaning and Application
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" Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. "
1 Chronicles 22:12
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He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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1 Chronicles 22:1
"Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel."
1 Chronicles 22:2
"And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God."
1 Chronicles 22:3
"And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;"
1 Chronicles 22:4
"Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David."
1 Chronicles 22:5
"And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death."
1 Chronicles 22:6
"Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel."
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