1 Tawarikh 22:3-14

22:3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed, 22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ¹  and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. ²  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

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 ³  to build a temple to honor ⁴  the Lord my God. 22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁵  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁶  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. ⁷  I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. ⁸  Indeed, Solomon ⁹  will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. ¹⁰  22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; ¹¹  he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ ¹² 

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. ¹³  22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey ¹⁴  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. ¹⁵  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁶  22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ¹⁷  I have stored up 100,000 talents ¹⁸  of gold, 1,000,000 ¹⁹  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

[22:5]  ¹ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[22:5]  ² tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

[22:7]  ³ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the name of.”

[22:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “for my name.”

[22:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “man of rest.”

[22:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “his enemies all around.”

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

[22:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in his days.”

[22:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for my name.”

[22:10]  ¹² tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”

[22:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”

[22:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “keep.”

[22:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[22:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ¹⁸ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”