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1 Chronicles 22:5

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Chronicles 22:5

Verse 5 of 19

Scripture focus

And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 22:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 22:5

Theological / Devotional

Young and tender. The thought is that Solomon lacked experience. The expression is again employed by David concerning Solomon in 1 Chron. 29:1, and a similar expression is later applied to Solomon’s son Rehoboam (2 Chron. 13:7).

Throughout all countries. It was God’s purpose that Jerusalem should be the capital and metropolis of the world (see DA 577). From that city streams of light should go out to all peoples of the globe. By divine inspiration the Lord revealed to David the plan of the Temple whose fame would go out to all the nations. Wherever men heard of the Temple they were to hear of God, and were to make their way to Jerusalem to worship and glorify the Lord. The Temple was to be a structure of such glory as fitly to represent the Lord of glory.

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