1 Chronicles 28:6
in 1 Chronicles 28And 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.
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ASV
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
KJV
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house,.... See 2Sa 7:13. and my courts; in the house or temple: for I have chosen him to be my son; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Eph 1:5. and I will be his father; see 2Sa 7:14.
This site's exposition
the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
on 1 Chronicles 28:5-7
Verse 5 alone in Scripture calls the throne of Israel “the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel”. The title returns in thought at 29:23. In Chronicles the monarchy is the LORD's own throne held in trust, so the promise can outlast every earthly king.
This site's exposition
Solomon your son is the
Solomon is the son chosen to build the LORD's house. Albert Barnes traces the choice to a second revelation beyond Nathan's, told in 22:8-10. Matthew Henry reads the words son and Father as a figure of Christ, and notes that Solomon was called Jedidiah, for the LORD loved him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thus he declares the decree, that the Lord had said to Solomon, as a type of Christ, Thou art my son ( Ps. ii. 7 ), the son of my love; for he was called Jedidiah, because the Lord loved him, and Christ is his beloved Son. Of him God said, as a figure of him that was to come, 1.
My house, &c. - So was he a figure of him that was to come, who is both the founder and the foundation of the gospel-temple.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Besides the message sent to David through Nathan, he had a revelation, of which we have only the indirect account given here and in 1Ch 22:8-10 (see the note). He was told that one of his sons should be raised up to fill his throne after him, and should build the temple. In the second revelation it was distinctly declared to him that the son intended was Solomon. My house and my courts - i. e., the temple and the courts of the temple (see 2Ch 4:9).
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לִ֔י | li | to me | ||
| שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בִנְךָ֔ | vinkha | son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הֽוּא־ | hu'- | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִבְנֶ֥ה | yivneh | he will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בֵיתִ֖י | veiti | house my | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַחֲצֵרוֹתָ֑י | vachatzerotai | and courts my | H2691 → | 191 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בָחַ֨רְתִּי | vacharti | I have chosen | H977 → | 171 times |
| ב֥וֹ | vo | <in> <the> him | ||
| לִי֙ | li | for <the> myself | ||
| לְבֵ֔ן | leven | to a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַאֲנִ֖י | vaani | and I | H589 → | 874 times |
| אֶֽהְיֶה־ | ʾehyeh- | I will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לּ֥וֹ | lo | of him | ||
| לְאָֽב׃ | leav | <into> a father | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לִ֔יto me
li
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
בִנְךָ֔son your
vinkhaH1121 →4930 times
הֽוּא־he
hu'-H1931 →1879 times
יִבְנֶ֥הhe will build
yivnehH1129 →376 times
בֵיתִ֖יhouse my
veitiH1004 →2046 times
וַחֲצֵרוֹתָ֑יand courts my
vachatzerotaiH2691 →191 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
בָחַ֨רְתִּיI have chosen
vachartiH977 →171 times
ב֥וֹ<in> <the> him
vo
לִי֙for <the> myself
li
לְבֵ֔ןto a son
levenH1121 →4930 times
וַאֲנִ֖יand I
vaaniH589 →874 times
אֶֽהְיֶה־I will become
ʾehyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לּ֥וֹof him
lo
לְאָֽב׃<into> a father
leavH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 3:6But 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.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and…
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- 1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Hebrews 6:11
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
Through
Hebrews 4:5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
it leads to
- Psalms 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Hebrews 4:3
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And…
- Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Psalms 95:11
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.