1 Chronicles 29:19 BSB

1 Chronicles 29:19

And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

KJV

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Lord, give him a perfect heart, not only in general to keep thy commandments, but in particular to build the palace, that he may do that service with a single eye." Yet his building the house would not prove him to have a perfect heart unless he made conscience of keeping God's commandments.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֣ה	ve.lish.lo.Moh	and to Solomon	H8010 →
בְנִ֗י	ve.Ni	son my	H1121 →
תֵּ֚ן	ten	give	H5414 →
לֵבָ֣ב	le.Vav	a heart	H3824 →
שָׁלֵ֔ם	sha.Lem	complete	H8003 →
לִשְׁמוֹר֙	lish.mOr	to keep	H8104 →
מִצְוֹתֶ֔יךָ	mitz.vo.Tei.kha	commandments your	H4687 →
עֵדְוֹתֶ֖יךָ	'e.de.vo.Tei.kha	testimonies your	H5715 →
וְחֻקֶּ֑יךָ	ve.chu.Kei.cha	and decrees your	H2706 →
וְלַעֲשׂ֣וֹת	ve.la.'a.Sot	and to do	H6213 →
הַכֹּ֔ל	ha.Kol	<the> everything	H3605 →
וְלִבְנ֖וֹת	ve.liv.Not	and to build	H1129 →
הַבִּירָ֥ה	ha.bi.Rah	the temple	H1002 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
הֲכִינֽוֹתִי׃ פ	ha.khi.No.ti	I have prepared	H3559 →

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The walk

The walk8

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 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:13
  You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- James 4:8–11
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Matthew 7:7–8
  Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
  Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Jeremiah 24:7
  I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…
Through
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
leads to
- John 3:27
  John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- Matthew 7:11
  So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.