1 Tawarikh 22:11-16

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. ¹  22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey ²  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. ³  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁴  22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ⁵  I have stored up 100,000 talents ⁶  of gold, 1,000,000 ⁷  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, ⁸  and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled 22:16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. ⁹  Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

[22:11]  ¹ tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”

[22:12]  ² tn Or “keep.”

[22:13]  ³ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[22:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

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

[22:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[22:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “craftsmen of stone and wood.”

[22:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”