📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 22:17
What does 1 Chronicles 22:17 mean?
"David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,"
— 1 Chronicles 22:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.
Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”
Explanation
First Chronicles 22:17 says simply that David gave orders to the leaders of Israel, instructing them to assist his son Solomon. On the surface it is a short transitional statement, but it functions as the hinge point in David's final preparations, moving from David's personal instructions to Solomon (given in the verses just before) to a broader mobilization of the nation's leadership behind the young king and his coming task.
The verse sits within a larger passage (1 Chronicles 22) in which David, nearing the end of his life, makes extensive preparations for the building of the temple in Jerusalem.
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