1 Tawarikh 22:6-15

22:6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. 22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted ¹  to build a temple to honor ²  the Lord my God. 22:8 But the Lord said to me: ³  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁴  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me. 22:9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. ⁵  I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. ⁶  Indeed, Solomon ⁷  will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. ⁸  22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; ⁹  he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ ¹⁰ 

22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. ¹¹  22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey ¹²  the law of the Lord your God. 22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. ¹³  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁴  22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ¹⁵  I have stored up 100,000 talents ¹⁶  of gold, 1,000,000 ¹⁷  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more! 22:15 You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, ¹⁸  and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

[22:7]  ¹ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ² tn Heb “for the name of.”

[22:8]  ³ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “for my name.”

[22:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “man of rest.”

[22:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “his enemies all around.”

[22:9]  ⁷ sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).

[22:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “in his days.”

[22:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “for my name.”

[22:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”

[22:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”

[22:12]  ¹² tn Or “keep.”

[22:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[22:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ¹⁶ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[22:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “craftsmen of stone and wood.”