📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 28:19
What does 1 Chronicles 28:19 mean?
"“All this”, said David, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”"
— 1 Chronicles 28:19 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
and the forks, the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plans for the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out and cover the ark of Yahweh’s covenant.
“All this”, said David, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”
David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.
Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of God’s house. Every willing man who has skill, for any kind of service, shall be with you in all kinds of work. Also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.”
Explanation
This verse comes at the close of David's public charge to his son Solomon regarding the building of the temple. David declares that everything he has just handed over — the detailed blueprint for the temple, its courts, chambers, treasuries, and all the furnishings for worship — was not his own invention. He states plainly that he understood "all this" because it was given to him "in writing from Yahweh's hand." In plain language, David is saying: this plan didn't originate with me; God revealed it to me, and I wrote it down (or received it in written form) so that it could be passed on accurately to you.
The context is 1 Chronicles 28, where David, near the end of his life, gathers the leaders of Israel and formally commissions Solomon to build the temple that David himself was forbidden to build because he was a man of war (1 Chronicles 22:8; 28:3). David hands Solomon the architectural plans (the Hebrew word "tabnith," pattern or model) for the temple and its furnishings, much as Moses had been given the pattern for the tabernacle on Mount Sinai (Exodus 25:9, 40). The Chronicler, writing after the Babylonian exile to a community rebuilding its identity and worship, emphasizes that the temple's design was divinely sanctioned from the beginning, gi
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