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1 Chronicles 28:10 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 28 · verse 10
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.1 Chronicles 28:10 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 28:10 in context
8Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
10Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
12And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctuarymiqdâsha consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylumH4720 →
- chosenbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
- strongchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- heedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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A great deal of service David had done in his day, had served his generation according to the will of God, Act 13:36. But now the time draws night that he must die, and, as a type of the Son of David, the nearer he comes to his end the more busy he is, and does his work with all his might.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10