1 Chronicles 28:10 BSB

1 Chronicles 28:10

Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

KJV

Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Take heed now,.... Of offending God by forsaking him; or see, consider, and observe now what he was further about to say to him, concerning the building of the temple, as follows: for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary; a temple for the ark, called the sanctuary, Num 7:9 the Targum is, the Word of the Lord hath chosen thee, &c. be strong, and do it, be of a good heart and courage, and set about it with vigour and resolution.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רְאֵ֣ה׀	re.'Eh	see	H7200 →
עַתָּ֗ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בָּ֧חַר	Ba.char	he has chosen	H977 →
בְּךָ֛	be.Kha	<in> you
לִבְנֽוֹת־	Liv.not-	to build	H1129 →
בַּ֥יִת	Ba.yit	a house	H1004 →
לַמִּקְדָּ֖שׁ	la.mik.Dash	for the sanctuary	H4720 →
חֲזַ֥ק	cha.Zak	be strong	H2388 →
וַעֲשֵֽׂה׃ פ	va.'a.Seh	and act	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 4:16
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
leads to
- Titus 1:9
  He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
- Titus 2:7
  In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- 2 John 1:8–9
  Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10–11
  By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- Ezekiel 33:7–9
  As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.
Through
1 Chronicles 28:6
And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:13–14
  He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- Hebrews 3:6
  But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9–10
  But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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06About 1 Chronicles

Where the connections lead

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Original language & word study

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About 1 Chronicles