📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 22:15
What does 1 Chronicles 22:15 mean?
"There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work;"
— 1 Chronicles 22:15 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed.
Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work;
of the gold, the silver, the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may Yahweh be with you.”
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
“Isn’t Yahweh your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
Explanation
1 Chronicles 22:15 comes from a section where King David is speaking to his son Solomon, preparing him for the great task of building the temple in Jerusalem. In plain language, David is telling Solomon not to worry about having enough skilled labor for the project: there is already a large workforce available, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and craftsmen skilled in every kind of trade needed to construct the temple. David is essentially reassuring Solomon that the practical, human resources for this massive undertaking are already in place.
To understand the context, it helps to know that David himself was forbidden by God to build the temple because he was a man of war who had shed much blood (1 Chronicles 22:8). Instead, God promised that Solomon, a man of peace, would build it. Knowing he would not live to see the temple completed, David spent his final years making extensive preparations—gathering gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, and stone in vast quantities (22:14), and organizing skilled workers of every kind (22:15) so that Solomon would not lack for anything when construction began. This chapter records David's charge to Solomon and to the leaders of Israel, urging them all to support the young king in this sacred task.
Theologically, this verse reflects the value God places on human skill and labor as part of accomplishing his purposes. Building the temple was not simply a matter of divine decree; it required real people with real craftsmanship—stonecutters, carpenters, and artisans—all contributing their God-given abilities. This shows that spiritual work often depends on practical, skilled eff
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