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Christian Standard Bible ®

1 Chronicles 28:10

Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Children;   Church;   Liberality;   Obedience;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Sanctuary;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - David;   Haggai, Theology of;   Sanctuary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hadoram;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Election;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 24;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
King James Version
Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
English Standard Version
Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it."
New Century Version
Solomon, you must understand this. The Lord has chosen you to build the Temple as his holy place. Be strong and finish the job."
New English Translation
Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!"
Amplified Bible
"Consider this carefully, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be courageous and strong and do it."
New American Standard Bible
"Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be courageous and act."
World English Bible
Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take heede now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to buylde the house of the Sanctuarie: be strong therefore, and doe it.
Legacy Standard Bible
See now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and act."
Berean Standard Bible
Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it."
Contemporary English Version
The Lord has chosen you to build a temple for worshiping him. Be confident and do the work you have been assigned.
Complete Jewish Bible
See now that Adonai has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; so be strong, and do it!"
Darby Translation
Consider now, that Jehovah has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon, you must understand that the Lord has chosen you to build his holy place—the Temple. Be strong and finish the job."
George Lamsa Translation
Know now and take heed; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary of the name of the LORD; be strong, be valiant, and do it.
Good News Translation
You must realize that the Lord has chosen you to build his holy Temple. Now do it—and do it with determination."
Lexham English Bible
Look now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it!"
Literal Translation
Watch, now, for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for a sanctuary. Be strong and act.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take hede now, for the LORDE hath chosen the, to buylde an house to be the Sactuary: be stronge, and make it.
American Standard Version
Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
Bible in Basic English
Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take heede now, for the Lorde hath chosen thee to builde him an house of a sanctuarie: Be strong therefore & play the man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.'
King James Version (1611)
Take heed now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to builde an house for the Sanctuarie: be strong, and doe it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do it.
English Revised Version
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor, for the Lord chees thee, for to bilde the hows of seyntuarie, be thou coumfortid, and parforme.
Update Bible Version
Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].
New King James Version
Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it."
New Living Translation
So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work."
New Life Bible
Listen now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a place of worship. Be strong, and do it."
New Revised Standard
Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong, and act."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
See! now, that, Yahweh, hath made choice of thee, to build a house for a sanctuary - be strong and do!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the sanctuary, take courage, and do it.
Revised Standard Version
Take heed now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it."
Young's Literal Translation
See, now, for Jehovah hath fixed on thee to build a house for a sanctuary; be strong, and do.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be courageous and act."

Contextual Overview

1David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men, and all the best soldiers. 2Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build, 3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons, he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. 5And out of all my sons—for the Lord has given me many sons—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel. 6He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.’ 8“So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever. 9“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever. 10Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take heed now: 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 22:16-19, 1 Timothy 4:16

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 3:28 - charge Joshua Deuteronomy 4:15 - Take ye Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong Joshua 1:6 - Be strong 2 Samuel 7:13 - He shall 1 Kings 1:20 - that thou 1 Kings 5:5 - as the Lord 1 Kings 8:13 - surely built 1 Chronicles 22:13 - be strong 1 Chronicles 28:7 - constant 1 Chronicles 28:20 - Be strong 1 Chronicles 29:1 - palace 2 Chronicles 19:6 - Take 2 Chronicles 32:7 - strong Ezra 10:4 - we also will Psalms 68:29 - Because Psalms 127:1 - build Mark 8:15 - he charged 1 Corinthians 16:13 - be Ephesians 6:4 - but Ephesians 6:10 - be 1 Timothy 6:14 - keep

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 32:10
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.
Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the territory of Aram.Israel worked to earn a wife;he tended flocks for a wife.
Acts 7:2
“Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
Acts 25:13
Several days later, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid a courtesy call on Festus.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take heed now,.... Of offending God by forsaking him; or see, consider, and observe now what he was further about to say to him, concerning the building of the temple, as follows:

for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary; a temple for the ark, called the sanctuary, Numbers 7:9 the Targum is, the Word of the Lord hath chosen thee, &c.

be strong, and do it, be of a good heart and courage, and set about it with vigour and resolution.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 28:10. The Lord hath chosen thee — "The Word of the Lord hath chosen thee." - T.


 
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