1 Chronicles 22:19
in 1 Chronicles 22Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
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ASV
Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
KJV
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
commanded all the princes of Israel
on 1 Chronicles 22:17-19
David turns from his son to the nation's princes and commands them to help Solomon, grounding the command in what the Lord has already done: hath he not given you rest on every side, the land subdued before the Lord and before his people. Verse 19 states the seeking refrain the whole book measures every reign by, set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God, before repeating the charge to arise and build the sanctuary. The chapter that opened with David naming a house ends with a nation told to seek the one it is named for.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): " Set your heart and soul to seek God, place your happiness in his favour, and keep your eye upon his glory. Seek him as your chief good and highest end, and this with your heart and soul.
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Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God,....
There corruption was uppermost (but the well of living water in the soul, though it may be muddied, will work itself clear again); grace here has recovered the upper hand. Preparations for the Temple. 1 Then David said, This is the house of the L ORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
THE PASTOR'S RETURN. THREE SPECIALLY- SELECTED SERMONS TO HIS CHURCH, CONGREGATION, READERS AND FRIENDS, CONSISTING OF A RETROSPECT, A PROSPECT [No. 1883] AND AN EXHORTATION [No. 1884.] THIS exhortation may be most fitly directed to those who are already saved. It was first given to the elders of Israel and we would gladly hope that they were already good men and true, but, secondly, the language might be very fitly addressed to the unconverted.
THE PASTOR'S RETURN. THREE SPECIALLY- SELECTED SERMONS TO HIS CHURCH, CONGREGATION, READERS AND FRIENDS, CONSISTING OF A RETROSPECT, A PROSPECT [No. 1883] AND AN EXHORTATION [No. 1884.] THIS exhortation may be most fitly directed to those who are already saved. It was first given to the elders of Israel and we would gladly hope that they were already good men and true, but, secondly, the language might be very fitly addressed to the unconverted. There may be a little straining in this latter case, for we can hardly call the Lord, their God as yet, but still we shall venture to say to the unconverted who have come up with God's people, "Set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God." I. Let us take it, first, in ITS REFERENCE TO GOD'S OWN PEOPLE. You have already found the Lord. There is a sense in which you have not to seek Him, for you already know Him, but, in another sense, you are still to seek Him, for seeking the Lord is a description of the whole of the Believer's life. After he has found God as his salvation, he has to seek him as his Friend, as his Sanctifier, as his Example. Until they come to that glorious perfection which belongs to the better world, Christian men have something, still, to seek. Our first enquiry is, "What are they to seek?" Beloved Friends, I say to you, as David said to the princes of Israel, "Seek the Lord your God." Do it by endeavoring to obey Him in everything. Let it be our study to test everything that we do by God's Holy Word. Let us not willfully sin, either in commission or in omission. Let us be very particular to seek out the will of the Lord so as to fulfill not only commands which are plain, but those about which there is a question. In the service of God nothing is little and, loyalty to the great Royalty of God comes out in tenderness of conscience concerning little things.
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַתָּ֗ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| תְּנ֤וּ | tenu | set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְבַבְכֶם֙ | levavkhem | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
| וְנַפְשְׁכֶ֔ם | venafshekhem | and being your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| לִדְר֖וֹשׁ | lidroosh | to seek | H1875 → | 164 times |
| לַיהוָ֣ה | layahweh | <to> Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְק֗וּמוּ | vekumu | and arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| וּבְנוּ֙ | uvenu | and build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִקְדַּשׁ֙ | mikdash | [the] sanctuary of | H4720 → | |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לְהָבִ֞יא | lehavi' | to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| בְּרִית־ | berit- | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּכְלֵי֙ | ukhelei | and [the] articles of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| קֹ֣דֶשׁ | kodesh | <the> holiness of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לַבַּ֖יִת | labayit | to the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַנִּבְנֶ֥ה | hanivneh | that will be built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| לְשֵׁם־ | leshem- | for [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
עַתָּ֗הnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
תְּנ֤וּset
tenuH5414 →2011 times
לְבַבְכֶם֙heart your
levavkhemH3824 →252 times
וְנַפְשְׁכֶ֔םand being your
venafshekhemH5315 →754 times
לִדְר֖וֹשׁto seek
lidrooshH1875 →164 times
לַיהוָ֣ה<to> Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
וְק֗וּמוּand arise
vekumuH6965 →628 times
וּבְנוּ֙and build
uvenuH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִקְדַּשׁ֙[the] sanctuary of
mikdashH4720 →
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לְהָבִ֞יאto bring
lehavi'H935 →2568 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
בְּרִית־[the] covenant of
berit-H1285 →284 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּכְלֵי֙and [the] articles of
ukheleiH3627 →325 times
קֹ֣דֶשׁ<the> holiness of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לַבַּ֖יִתto the house
labayitH1004 →2046 times
הַנִּבְנֶ֥הthat will be built
hanivnehH1129 →376 times
לְשֵׁם־for [the] name of
leshem-H8034 →864 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
1 Chronicles 28:9As 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.…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
- 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…
- Jeremiah 29:13
Through
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
it leads to
- Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Psalms 65:4
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Psalms 26:8
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1884: “Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.