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1 Chronicles 22:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" May the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God. "
1 Chronicles 22:12
Verse in Context
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10 He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
11 Now, my son, may the LORD be with you and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
12 May the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
13 Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid and don’t be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the LORD’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
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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 burnt offering for Israel.”"
1 Chronicles 22:2
"David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house."
1 Chronicles 22:3
"David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weight,"
1 Chronicles 22:4
"and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David."
1 Chronicles 22:5
"David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death."
1 Chronicles 22:6
"Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel."
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