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Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 22:17

And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   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;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
Hebrew Names Version
David also commanded all the princes of Yisra'el to help Shlomo his son, [saying],
King James Version
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
English Standard Version
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
New Century Version
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.
New English Translation
David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon.
Amplified Bible
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
New American Standard Bible
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,
World English Bible
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
Geneva Bible (1587)
Dauid also commanded all the princes of Israel to helpe Salomon his sonne, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
David also commanded all the officials of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
Contemporary English Version
David then gave orders for the leaders of Israel to help Solomon.
Complete Jewish Bible
David also ordered all the leaders of Isra'el to help Shlomo his son:
Darby Translation
And David commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying,]
Easy-to-Read Version
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.
George Lamsa Translation
David also commanded all the elders of Israel, saying, You must help Solomon my son.
Good News Translation
David commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon.
Lexham English Bible
And David commanded all the commanders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
Literal Translation
And David commanded all the rulers of Israel to give help to his son Solomon:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid commaunded all the rulers of Israel, to helpe Salomon his sonne, and sayde:
American Standard Version
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid commaunded al the lordes of Israel to helpe Solomon his sonne, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son:
King James Version (1611)
Dauid also commanded all the Princes of Israel to helpe Solomon his sonne, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David charged all the chief men of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
English Revised Version
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also Dauid comaundide to alle the princis of Israel, that thei schulden helpe Salomon,
Update Bible Version
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
Webster's Bible Translation
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
New King James Version
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
New Living Translation
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to assist Solomon in this project.
New Life Bible
David told all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. He said to them,
New Revised Standard
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David charged all the rulers of Israel, to help Solomon his son: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
David also charged all the princes of Israel, to help Solomon his son,
Revised Standard Version
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
THE MESSAGE
David gave orders to all of Israel's leaders to help his son Solomon, saying, "Isn't it obvious that your God is present with you; that he has given you peaceful relations with everyone around? My part in this was to put down the enemies, subdue the land to God and his people; your part is to give yourselves, heart and soul, to praying to your God . So get moving—build the sacred house of worship to God ! Then bring the Chest of the Covenant of God and all the holy furnishings for the worship of God into the sanctuary built in honor of God ."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,

Contextual Overview

17 And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son, 18 `Is not Jehovah your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people. 19 `Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all the princes: 1 Chronicles 28:21, 1 Chronicles 29:6, Romans 16:2, Romans 16:3, Philippians 4:3, 3 John 1:8

Reciprocal: Numbers 20:28 - put them 1 Chronicles 29:24 - all the princes

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Genesis 13:16
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
Genesis 15:5
and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'
Genesis 17:6
and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
Genesis 22:1
And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here [am] I.'
Genesis 22:2
And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'
Genesis 22:8
and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.
Genesis 22:9
And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;
Genesis 22:10
and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

David also commanded all the princes of Israel,.... His courtiers and nobles that were about him:

to help Solomon his son; by their advice, and with their purses, should he need them, and by overlooking the workmen, directing and encouraging them:

saying; as follows.


 
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