1 Chronicles 28:12
in 1 Chronicles 28The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
KJV
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 28
Commentary
7 notes on this verseBy the Spirit of God, who gave him the whole form of the temple, and all things relative to it; just as God showed to Moses the pattern of the tabernacle in the mount; the Targum is, by the spirit of prophecy that was with him.
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 Awakening1 voice
Christ the true temple, the church the gospel temple, and heaven the everlasting temple, are all framed according to the divine councils, and the plan laid in the divine wisdom, ordained before the world for God's glory and ours.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The pattern ... - literally, “the pattern of all that was with him in the spirit;” perhaps to be paraphrased, “the form of all that floated before his mind.” It seems to be David’s spirit, not God’s Spirit, that is here spoken of.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the pattern of all that he had by the spirit--rather, "with him in spirit"; that is, was floating in his mind. 15, 16. the candlesticks of silver--Solomon made them all of gold--in this and a few minor particulars departing from the letter of his father's instructions, where he had the means of executing them in a more splendid style.
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All that he had by the Spirit - “By the Spirit of prophecy that was with him.” - T.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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.”
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And of the divisions of the priests and the Levites for he divided them into twentyfour watches, as above; all this he gave over to him.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְתַבְנִ֗ית | vetavnit | and [the] pattern of | H8403 → | 20 times |
| כֹּל֩ | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָיָ֤ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בָר֙וּחַ֙ | varuach | in the spirit | H7307 → | 378 times |
| עִמּ֔וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| לְחַצְר֧וֹת | lechatzrot | for [the] courts of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת | haleshakhot | the rooms | H3957 → | 47 times |
| סָבִ֑יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| לְאֹֽצְרוֹת֙ | leotzerot | for [the] storehouses of | H214 → | 79 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּלְאֹצְר֖וֹת | uleotzerot | and for [the] storehouses of | H214 → | 79 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
וְתַבְנִ֗יתand [the] pattern of
vetavnitH8403 →20 times
כֹּל֩all
kolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָיָ֤הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
בָר֙וּחַ֙in the spirit
varuachH7307 →378 times
עִמּ֔וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
לְחַצְר֧וֹתfor [the] courts of
lechatzrotH2691 →191 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּלְכָל־and for all
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹתthe rooms
haleshakhotH3957 →47 times
סָבִ֑יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
לְאֹֽצְרוֹת֙for [the] storehouses of
leotzerotH214 →79 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וּלְאֹצְר֖וֹתand for [the] storehouses of
uleotzerotH214 →79 times
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃the holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 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 Kings 15:18So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:18
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 15:15
And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 12:18
Through
Exodus 25:40See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
it leads to
- 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
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.
- Exodus 26:30
So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Numbers 8:4
This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
- Exodus 25:9
You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
- Hebrews 8:5
Through
2 Kings 18:15Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 16:2
So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2
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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; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.8.2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.