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1 Chronicles 22:5 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 22 · verse 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 22:5 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 22:5 in context
3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5And 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.
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exceedingmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- buildedbânâhto buildH1129 →
- tenderraktenderH7390 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- youngnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
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Here is, I. The place fixed for the building of the temple (Ch1 22:1): Then David said, by inspiration of God, and as a declaration of his mind, This is the house of the Lord God. If a temple must be built for God, it is fit that it be left to him to choose the ground, for all the earth is his;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5