1 Chronicles 28:11
in 1 Chronicles 28Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
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ASV
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat;
KJV
Then 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,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 28
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare 1Ch 28:19. As God had revealed to Moses the pattern of the tabernacle Exo. 26; 27, so He had made known by revelation to David the pattern of the temple and its furniture. This pattern, which consisted of a set of directions in writing, David now handed over to Solomon. The houses - The “holy place” and the “holy of holies “ - called respectively “the house” and the “inner house” 1Ki 6:17, 1Ki 6:27, and 2Ch 3:5, 2Ch 3:8 “the greater house” and “the most holy house.” The upper chambers - Compare 2Ch 3:9 note.
This site's exposition
the pattern of the porch
on 1 Chronicles 28:11-13
David hands Solomon a full architectural plan: porch, houses, treasuries, upper chambers, inner parlours, the place of the mercy seat, the courts, the surrounding chambers and the courses of priests and Levites who will serve within it. Albert Barnes reads the pattern as a written set of directions rather than a vision seen once and remembered, the same conclusion the chapter itself states plainly at verse 19. Nothing here parallels Kings, which records the finished temple's dimensions but never this planning scene; the whole charge is material Chronicles alone preserves.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
It is to be noted, of course, that the thirty cubits of height spoken of above reached to the middle story; from there on to the third story another thirty cubits were added until the portico that was around the temple on the south and …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The houses - The houses of the temple, namely, the holy place, and the holy of holies. Parlors - Those rooms which were made against the wall of the house round about, 1 Kings vi, 5. The place - In what particular part of the holy of holies it was to be placed.
Bishop Patrick supposes that, among other things, the tabernacle which Moses reared and all the utensils of it, which there was now no further occasion for, were laid up here, signifying that in the fulness of time all the Mosaic economy, all the rites and ceremonies of that dispensation, should be respectfully laid aside, and something better come in their room.
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
David gave to Solomon - the pattern - He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections, and specifications of every part; and all this he received by inspiration from God himself, (see 1Ch 28:12, 1Ch 28:19), just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle. The treasuries thereof - גנזכיו ganzaccaiv. The word גנזך ganzach is not Hebrew, but is supposed to be Persian, the same word being found in Ezr 3:1-13:19. In this tongue we have the word ganj, a granary, a hidden treasure, and gunjoor, and gunjineh, a treasure, treasury, or barn. Parkhurst supposes that it is compounded of גנז ganaz, to treasure up, and זך zach, pure; a treasury for the most precious things.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
the pattern of the porch Its length, its width, and its height as is written in I Kings (6:3): “And the porch before the Temple of the House, etc.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֣ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| דָּוִ֣יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לִשְׁלֹמֹ֣ה | lishlomoh | to Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בְנ֡וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תַּבְנִ֣ית | tavnit | [the] pattern of | H8403 → | 20 times |
| הָאוּלָם֩ | haulam | the porch | H197 → | |
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּ֨תָּ֜יו | batav | houses its | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְגַנְזַכָּ֧יו | veganzakav | and treasuries its | H1597 → | |
| וַעֲלִיֹּתָ֛יו | vaaliyotav | and upper rooms its | H5944 → | |
| וַחֲדָרָ֥יו | vachadarav | and rooms its | H2315 → | |
| הַפְּנִימִ֖ים | hapenimim | <the> inner | H6442 → | |
| וּבֵ֥ית | uveit | and [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃ | hakaporet | the atonement cover | H3727 → |
וַיִּתֵּ֣ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
דָּוִ֣ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֣הto Solomon
lishlomohH8010 →291 times
בְנ֡וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תַּבְנִ֣ית[the] pattern of
tavnitH8403 →20 times
הָאוּלָם֩the porch
haulamH197 →
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בָּ֨תָּ֜יוhouses its
batavH1004 →2046 times
וְגַנְזַכָּ֧יוand treasuries its
veganzakavH1597 →
וַעֲלִיֹּתָ֛יוand upper rooms its
vaaliyotavH5944 →
וַחֲדָרָ֥יוand rooms its
vachadaravH2315 →
הַפְּנִימִ֖ים<the> inner
hapenimimH6442 →
וּבֵ֥יתand [the] house of
uveitH1004 →2046 times
הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃the atonement cover
hakaporetH3727 →
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 8:5The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
it leads to
- Exodus 25:40
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 26:30
So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
- Hebrews 10:1
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near…
- Exodus 27:8
Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
- Exodus 25:40
Through
Exodus 25:40See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
it leads to
- Acts 7:44
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
- Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
- Acts 7:44
Through
1 Chronicles 28:19“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:11–12
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11–12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.8.2; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.