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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

历代志上 28:9

“至於你,我兒所羅門哪,你要認識耶和華你父親的 神,一心樂意事奉他,因為耶和華鑒察萬人的心,知道人的一切心思意念。你若是尋求他,就必尋見;你若是離棄他,他必永遠丟棄你。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Children;   God Continued...;   Heart;   Imagination;   Obedience;   Penitent;   Perfection;   Prayer;   Seekers;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Knowledge;   Knowledge, Divine;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Searcher of Hearts;   Secret Sins;   Serve God;   Service;   Work, Religious;   Work-Workers, Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Finding;   Forsaking;   Heart;   Knowledge;   Seeking;   Service;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Forsaking God;   Heart, the;   Parents;   Seeking God;   Wisdom of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   David;   Knowledge of God;   Mind/reason;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Imagination;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Self-Examination;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - God;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sol'omon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Imagination;   Search;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 2;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 24;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for August 18;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 儿 所 罗 门 哪 , 你 当 认 识 耶 和 华 ─ 你 父 的   神 , 诚 心 乐 意 地 事 奉 他 ; 因 为 他 鉴 察 众 人 的 心 , 知 道 一 切 心 思 意 念 。 你 若 寻 求 他 , 他 必 使 你 寻 见 ; 你 若 离 弃 他 , 他 必 永 远 丢 弃 你 。

Contextual Overview

1 David commanded all the leaders of Israel to come to Jerusalem. There were the leaders of the tribes, commanders of the divisions serving the king, commanders of a thousand men and of a hundred men, leaders who took care of the property and animals that belonged to the king and his sons, men over the palace, the powerful men, and all the brave warriors. 2 King David stood up and said, "Listen to me, my relatives and my people. I wanted to build a place to keep the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord . I wanted it to be God's footstool. So I made plans to build a temple. 3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple for worshiping me, because you are a soldier and have killed many people.' 4 "But the Lord , the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king of Israel forever. He chose the tribe of Judah to lead, and from the people of Judah, he chose my father's family. From that family God was pleased to make me king of Israel. 5 The Lord has given me many sons, and from those sons he has chosen Solomon to be the new king of Israel. Israel is the Lord 's kingdom. 6 The Lord said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards. I have chosen Solomon to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 He is obeying my laws and commands now. If he continues to obey them, I will make his kingdom strong forever.'" 8 David said, "Now, in front of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord , and in the hearing of God, I tell you these things: Be careful to obey all the commands of the Lord your God. Then you will keep this good land and pass it on to your descendants forever. 9 "And you, my son Solomon, accept the God of your father. Serve him completely and willingly, because the Lord knows what is in everyone's mind. He understands everything you think. If you go to him for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from him, he will leave you forever. 10 Solomon, you must understand this. The Lord has chosen you to build the Temple as his holy place. Be strong and finish the job."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

know thou: Deuteronomy 4:35, 1 Kings 8:43, Psalms 9:10, Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 22:16, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 31:34, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:6, John 8:55, John 17:3, Acts 17:23, Acts 17:30, Romans 1:28, 1 Corinthians 15:34, 2 Corinthians 4:6

the God: Genesis 28:13, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 15:2, 1 Kings 3:6, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 89:26

serve him: 1 Chronicles 29:9, 1 Chronicles 29:17-19, 1 Kings 8:61, 2 Kings 20:3, 2 Kings 22:2, Job 36:11, Job 36:12, Psalms 101:2, John 1:47, John 4:24, Romans 1:29, Hebrews 12:28

a willing mind: 2 Corinthians 8:12, 2 Corinthians 9:7, 1 Peter 5:2

the Lord: 1 Chronicles 29:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Kings 8:39, Psalms 7:9, Psalms 139:2, Proverbs 17:3, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12, John 2:25, John 21:17, Acts 1:24, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

the imaginations: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Deuteronomy 31:21, Psalms 139:2, Ezekiel 38:10

if thou seek: 2 Chronicles 15:2, Proverbs 2:1-6, Isaiah 45:19, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, James 4:8-11

if thou forsake: Deuteronomy 31:16, Deuteronomy 31:17, 1 Kings 9:6-9, Ezra 8:22, Isaiah 1:28, Hebrews 10:38, Hebrews 10:39

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Exodus 35:21 - General Numbers 14:43 - because Deuteronomy 3:28 - charge Joshua Deuteronomy 4:15 - Take ye Deuteronomy 4:39 - and consider Joshua 24:20 - he will turn Judges 2:10 - knew not Judges 10:13 - General 1 Samuel 7:3 - prepare 1 Samuel 12:22 - the Lord 1 Samuel 15:23 - thou hast rejected 1 Kings 2:3 - And keep 1 Kings 2:4 - That the Lord 1 Kings 3:3 - walking 1 Kings 3:14 - if thou 1 Kings 6:12 - if thou wilt 1 Kings 6:13 - will not forsake 1 Kings 8:25 - thy children 1 Kings 8:57 - General 1 Kings 11:4 - his heart 1 Kings 11:33 - they have forsaken 2 Kings 21:22 - General 1 Chronicles 16:10 - let the heart 1 Chronicles 22:19 - set your 1 Chronicles 29:18 - in the imagination 1 Chronicles 29:19 - And give 2 Chronicles 6:30 - thou only 2 Chronicles 7:17 - if thou wilt 2 Chronicles 7:19 - if ye turn away 2 Chronicles 12:2 - because 2 Chronicles 12:5 - Ye have forsaken me 2 Chronicles 14:7 - we have sought 2 Chronicles 24:20 - because 2 Chronicles 34:3 - to seek Job 18:21 - knoweth Job 22:21 - Acquaint Psalms 27:9 - leave Psalms 43:2 - why dost Psalms 53:2 - seek Psalms 60:1 - O God Psalms 89:30 - If Psalms 89:38 - But Psalms 139:1 - thou hast Proverbs 3:6 - In Proverbs 4:2 - forsake Proverbs 4:4 - He Proverbs 9:10 - the knowledge Proverbs 15:5 - fool Isaiah 65:11 - they that Jeremiah 2:17 - in that Jeremiah 29:14 - I will be Lamentations 3:25 - unto Ezekiel 11:5 - for Daniel 11:32 - the people Hosea 6:6 - the Amos 5:4 - Seek Mark 8:15 - he charged Luke 5:22 - perceived Luke 6:8 - But John 2:24 - because Acts 15:8 - which Romans 8:27 - And he 1 Corinthians 9:17 - if I Galatians 4:9 - ye have Ephesians 6:4 - but 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - as 1 Timothy 3:15 - know 1 Timothy 6:14 - keep Hebrews 8:11 - Know the Hebrews 10:22 - a true Hebrews 11:6 - diligently

Cross-References

Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he married two Hittite women—Judith daughter of Beeri and Basemath daughter of Elon.
Genesis 28:13
Then Jacob saw the Lord standing above the ladder, and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are now sleeping.
Genesis 28:17
He was afraid and said, "This place frightens me! It is surely the house of God and the gate of heaven."
Genesis 36:13
Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were Esau's grandsons by his wife Basemath.
Genesis 36:18
Esau's wife Oholibamah gave birth to these leaders: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the leaders that came from Esau's wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou, Solomon my son,.... Who was present in this assembly, and presented to them by David as his successor, and their future king: and having addressed them, he turns himself to him, and exhorts him, saying,

know thou the God of thy father; who was his Father and covenant God, and whom he served and worshipped, and who had bestowed upon him many favours, both temporal and spiritual; and having had such an experience of his goodness, he exhorts his son to seek to know more and more of him, and to own and acknowledge him as his God, and to love and fear him:

serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; cordially and sincerely, cheerfully and freely, neither in an hypocritical manner, nor through force and constraint, nor with loathing and weariness:

for the Lord searcheth all hearts; the hearts of all men, even of kings, and knows from what principles and with what views and in what manor they serve him:

and understandeth all the imaginations of the thought; not only the thoughts of the heart, when regularly formed and ranged in order, hut even the very beginning of them, the first motions of the mind, and before they are well formed, see Genesis 6:5

if thou seek him; by prayer and supplication in his house and ordinances:

he will be found of thee; grant his presence and bestow his favours, see Isaiah 4:6

but if thou forsake him: his word, his ways, his worship:

he will cast thee off for ever; from being king, or enjoying that peace, prosperity, and happiness, which otherwise would be enjoyed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Know thou the God of thy father - “Knowing God,” in the sense of having a religious trust in Him, is an unusual phrase in the earlier Scriptures. It scarcely occurs elsewhere in the historical books. David, however, uses the phrase in his Psalms Psalms 36:10; and its occurrence here may be accepted as evidence that the entire speech is recorded in the actual words of the monarch.


 
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