GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 11

1 Chronicles 29:1-3

    Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God. With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God--gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble--all of these in large quantities. Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple: ..." 

(see verses 3-6 for the amount of David's contribution.)

 

1 Chronicles 29:7  

They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents (190 tons) and ten thousand darics (185 lbs) of gold, ten thousand talents (380 tons) of silver, eighteen thousand talents (675 tons) of bronze and a hundred thousand talents (3,800 tons) of iron.

 

1 Chronicles 29:10  

     David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

        "Praise be to you, LORD,

            the God of our father Israel,

            from everlasting to everlasting."

 

1 Chronicles 29:13  

        "Now, our God, we give you thanks,

            and praise your glorious name."

 

1 Chronicles 29:16-18  

"LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you."

 

1 Chronicles 29:20  

    Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the LORD and the king.

(see all 1 Chronicles 29) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 10

1 Chronicles 28:2-4

    King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. But God said to me, 'You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.'

    "Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel."

 

1 Chronicles 28:8  

    "So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever."

 

1 Chronicles 28:9  

    "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."

 

1 Chronicles 28:12  

He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the LORD and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.

 

1 Chronicles 28:20-21  

    David also said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished. The divisions of the priests and the Levites are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person skilled in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the people will obey your every command."

(see all 1 Chronicles 28) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 9

1 Chronicles 23:14

    The sons of Moses the man of God

        were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.

 

1 Chronicles 23:25-26  

For David has said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."

 

1 Chronicles 23:28  

    The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD; to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.

[see all 1 Chronicles 23]

 

1 Chronicles 24:19  

    This was their appointed order of ministering when they entered the temple of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

[see all 1 Chronicles 24]

 

1 Chronicles 25:5-6  

(All these were sons of Heman the king's seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)

    All these men were under the supervision of their father for the music of the temple of the LORD, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God.

[see all 1 Chronicles 25]

 

1 Chronicles 26:20  

    Their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.

[see all 1 Chronicles 26]

 

1 Chronicles 27:24  

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. God's wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book of the annals of King David.

[see all 1 Chronicles 27] 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 8

1 Chronicles 22:1-2

    Then David said, "The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

    So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.

 

1 Chronicles 22:6-7  

    Then he called his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. David said to Solomon: "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God."

 

1 Chronicles 22:11-12  

    "Now, my son, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the LORD your God, as he said you would. May the LORD give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God."

 

1 Chronicles 22:17-20  

    Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. He said to them, "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people. Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD."

(see all 1 Chronicles 22) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 7

1 Chronicles 19:13

"Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his sight."

(see all 1 Chronicles 19 - 20)

 

1 Chronicles 21:7-8  

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

    Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing."

 

1 Chronicles 21:14-15  

    So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

 

1 Chronicles 21:17  

    David said to God, "Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd, have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? LORD my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people."

 

1 Chronicles 21:29-30  

The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon. But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

(see all 1 Chronicles 21) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 6

1 Chronicles 17:2-4

    Nathan replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you."

    But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

 

    "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.' " 

 

1 Chronicles 17:16-17  

    Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:

 

    "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? And as if this were not enough in your sight, my God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You, LORD God, have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men."

 

1 Chronicles 17:20-26  

    "There is no one like you, LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

    "And now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised, so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, 'The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you.

    "You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you. You, LORD, are God! You have promised these good things to your servant."

(see all 1 Chronicles 17 - 18)    

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Chronicles - Part 5

1 Chronicles 16:1

    They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God.

 

1 Chronicles 16:4-6  

    He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to extol, thank, and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

 

1 Chronicles 16:14  

He is the LORD our God;

    his judgments are in all the earth.

 

1 Chronicles 16:35-36  

Cry out, "Save us, God our Savior;

    gather us and deliver us from the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name,

    and glory in your praise."

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,

    from everlasting to everlasting.

 

Then all the people said "Amen" and "Praise the LORD."

(see all 1 Chronicles 16) 

    

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