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1 Chronicles 22:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, "

1 Chronicles 22:17

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15 There are also workmen with you in abundance—cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work;

16 of the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may the LORD be with you.”

17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

18 “Isn’t the LORD your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people.

19 Now set your heart and your soul to follow the LORD your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the LORD’s name.”

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David here calls on the princes of Israel to help Solomon in the great work before him, and each one to lend a hand. Those who sit on the throne cannot do all the good they would like unless the people around them support them. So David wanted the princes to advise Solomon, encourage him, and make the work as easy as possible by helping in their own place.

He first shows them the duty they owe to be eager in this matter, out of thankfulness to God for all he had done for them. God had given them victory, rest, and a good land to inherit (1 Chronicles 22:18). The more God has done for us, the more we should try to do for him.

Then David urges them toward the right spirit for this work (1 Chronicles 22:19). “Set your heart and soul to seek God” means make him your joy and highest aim, and keep his honor before you. Seek him as your greatest good and final goal, with your whole heart and life. Make religion your choice and your work, and then you will not begrudge the effort or cost of helping build his sanctuary.

If the heart is truly set on God, then the mind, the hands, the property, and every resource will be gladly used for him.

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1 Chronicles 28:20

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"David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the LORD’s house is finished."

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1 Chronicles 29:1

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"David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God."

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2 Chronicles 1:2

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"Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households."

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2 Chronicles 1:8

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"Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place."

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1 Kings 1:37

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"As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”"

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1 Kings 2:1

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"Now the days of David came near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,"

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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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