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1 Chronicles 28:10

Listen now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a place of worship. 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

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

1 David gathered together all the leaders of Israel. There were leaders of the family groups, and leaders of the armies that served the king. There were captains of thousands, and of hundreds. There were leaders who cared for all the things and animals belonging to the king and his sons. There were the leaders and all the powerful soldiers. 2 Then King David stood up and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had wanted to build a house of rest for the special box with the Law of the Lord, a place for God to rest His feet, so I had made plans to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and blood.' 4 But the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be the king of Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader. And in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among my father's sons, He was pleased to make me king of all Israel. 5 The Lord has given me many sons. And of all my sons, He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the nation of the Lord over Israel. 6 He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who will build My house and My open spaces. For I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father. 7 I will make him king forever, if he is faithful to obey My Words and My Laws, as he is doing now.' 8 So now I say to you in front of all these people of Israel, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to do all the Law of the Lord your God. If you obey you will receive the good land and also leave it to your children after you forever. 9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord looks into all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you look to Him, He will let you find Him. But if you turn away from Him, He will turn away from you forever. 10 Listen now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a place of worship. 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, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram and they went together from Ur of the Chaldeans to the land of Canaan. But when they went as far as Haran, they made their home there.
Genesis 32:10
I have not earned any of the loving-kindness and faith which You have shown to your servant. For I had crossed this Jordan with only my walking stick. And now I have become two large groups.
Hosea 12:12
Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. There he worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Acts 7:2
Stephen said, "My brothers and fathers, listen to me. The great God showed Himself to our early father Abraham while he lived in the country of Mesopotamia. This was before he moved to the country of Haran.
Acts 25:13
After a few days, King Agrippa and his wife, Bernice, came down to Caesarea. They went to Festus to greet him.

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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