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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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1 Chronicles 22:16

They are skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have more skilled workers than can be counted. Now begin the work. And may the Lord be with you."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Gold;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   Workers in Metals;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Brass, or Copper;   Iron;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Masons;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gold;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
in gold, silver, bronze, and iron—beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.”
Hebrew Names Version
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and the LORD be with you.
King James Version
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
English Standard Version
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! The Lord be with you!"
New Century Version
They are skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have more craftsmen than can be counted. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you."
New English Translation
in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!"
Amplified Bible
"As for the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no limit. So arise and begin working, and may the LORD be with you."
New American Standard Bible
"Of the gold, silver, bronze, and iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you."
World English Bible
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of golde, of siluer, and of brasse, and of yron there is no nomber: Vp therefore, and be doing, and the Lord wilbe with thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may Yahweh be with you."
Berean Standard Bible
in gold and silver, bronze and iron-craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you."
Contemporary English Version
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have plenty of workers to do the job. Now get started, and I pray that the Lord will be with you in your work.
Complete Jewish Bible
the gold, silver, bronze and iron — they're beyond number. So get up, and get to work! And may Adonai be with you."
Darby Translation
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing and Jehovah be with thee.
George Lamsa Translation
Cunning men for every manner of work; of gold, silver, brass, and iron in abundance. Be strong therefore and be doing, and the LORD will help you.
Good News Translation
with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you."
Lexham English Bible
with gold, silver, bronze, and iron without number. Arise and work! Yahweh will be with you!"
Literal Translation
No number is to the gold, and to the silver, and to the bronze, and to the iron; rise up and act, for Jehovah is with you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
off golde, syluer, brasse, and yron without nombre. Yet get the vp, and be doynge, and the LORDE shal be with the.
American Standard Version
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee.
Bible in Basic English
In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of golde, siluer, brasse, & iron, there is no number: Up therefore, and be doing, and the Lorde shalbe with thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.'
King James Version (1611)
Of the gold, the siluer, and the brasse, and the yron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
in gold and silver, brass and iron, of which there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord be with thee.
English Revised Version
of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number; arise and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
most prudent to make werk, in gold, and siluer, and bras, and in yrun, of which is no noumbre; therfor rise thou, and make, and the Lord schal be with thee.
Update Bible Version
of the gold, the silver, and the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and do it, and Yahweh be with you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
New King James Version
Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and the LORD be with you."
New Living Translation
You have expert goldsmiths and silversmiths and workers of bronze and iron. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you!"
New Life Bible
Of the gold and silver and brass and iron, there is more than enough. So get ready and work, and may the Lord be with you."
New Revised Standard
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for gold and for silver and for bronze and for iron, without number. Arise and do, and Yahweh be with thee!
Douay-Rheims Bible
In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, whereof there is no number. Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord will be with thee.
Revised Standard Version
gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and be doing! The LORD be with you!"
Young's Literal Translation
To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you."

Contextual Overview

6 Then David called for his son Solomon and told him to build the Temple for the Lord , the God of Israel. 7 David said to Solomon, "My son, I wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God. 8 But the Lord said to me, ‘David, you have fought many wars and you have killed many people. So you cannot build a temple for my name. 9 But you have a son who is a man of peace. I will give your son a time of peace. His enemies around him will not bother him. His name is Solomon. And I will give Israel peace and quiet during the time that he is king. 10 Solomon will build a temple for my name. He will be my son, and I will be his Father. I will make his kingdom strong, and someone from his family will rule Israel forever!'" 11 David also said, "Now, son, may the Lord be with you. May you be successful and build the Temple for the Lord your God, as he said you would. 12 He will make you the king of Israel. May the Lord give you wisdom and understanding so that you can lead the people and obey the law of the Lord your God. 13 And you will have success, if you are careful to obey the rules and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and brave. Don't be afraid. 14 "Solomon, I have worked hard making plans for building the Lord 's Temple. I have given 3750 tons of gold and about 37,500 tons of silver. I have given so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed. And I have given wood and stone. Solomon, you can add to them. 15 You have many stonecutters and carpenters. You have men skilled in every kind of work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the gold: 1 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Chronicles 22:14

Arise: Joshua 1:2, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 7:10, Judges 4:14, Judges 18:9, Judges 18:10, 2 Chronicles 20:17, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 5:14, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Philippians 4:13

and the Lord: 1 Chronicles 22:11, 1 Samuel 17:37, 1 Samuel 20:13

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 8:8 - exceeding 1 Kings 7:47 - found out 1 Chronicles 22:19 - arise 1 Chronicles 28:10 - Take heed now 2 Chronicles 2:7 - whom David 2 Chronicles 19:11 - Deal courageously 2 Chronicles 36:23 - Who is there Ezra 10:4 - Arise Acts 8:26 - Arise

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the ram. He offered it, instead of his son, as a sacrifice to God.
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham gave that place a name, "The Lord Provides." Even today people say, "On the mountain of the Lord , he will give us what we need."
Psalms 105:9
He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.
Isaiah 45:23
"When I make a promise, that promise is true. It will happen. And I swear by my own power that everyone will bow before me and will take an oath to obey me.
Jeremiah 49:13
The Lord says, "By my own power, I make this promise: I promise that the city of Bozrah will be destroyed. It will become a ruined pile of rocks. People will use it as an example when they ask for bad things to happen to other cities. People will insult that city, and all the towns around Bozrah will become ruins forever."
Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord All-Powerful used his name to make this promise: "Babylon, I will fill you with so many enemy soldiers they will be like a cloud of locusts. They will win their war against you. They will stand over you shouting their victory cry."
Amos 6:8
The Lord God used his own name and made an oath. The Lord God All-Powerful said, "I hate what Jacob is proud of. I hate his strong towers. So I will let an enemy take the city and everything in it."
Luke 1:73
This was the promise he made to our father Abraham,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron,.... That is, the cunning artificers were skilful to work in each of these, some in gold and silver, others in brass and iron:

there is no number; either of the workmen, or of these materials; which yet must be restrained to the brass and iron, for the gold and silver are numbered, but not the brass and iron, 1 Chronicles 22:14,

arise therefore, and be doing: not that he should set about and begin the building the temple directly; but as soon as he could after he came to the throne, and not neglect and delay it:

and the Lord be with thee; as in 1 Chronicles 22:11 and here, as there, the Targum is,

"may the Word of the Lord be thy help.''


 
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