1 Tawarikh 16:5

16:5 Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals;

1 Tawarikh 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 18:10

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ²  to King David to extend his best wishes ³  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁴  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁶  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁷  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Tawarikh 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ⁸  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ⁹  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ¹⁰  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ¹²  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Tawarikh 29:1

The People Contribute to the Project

29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, ¹³  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

1 Tawarikh 29:19

29:19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.” ¹⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 29:21

David Designates Solomon King

29:21 The next day they made sacrifices and offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord (1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs), along with their accompanying drink offerings and many other sacrifices for all Israel.

[17:13]  ¹ sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.

[18:10]  ² tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

[18:10]  ³ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

[18:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[22:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “for my name.”

[22:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

[22:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “to bring.”

[22:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

[22:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”

[28:2]  ¹² tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[29:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[29:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”