1 Chronicles 22:19

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¹⁷ Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

¹⁸ “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 hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
KJV: Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
WEB: Now set your heart and your soul to follow the LORD your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the LORD’s name.”
ASV: Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
DARBY: Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God; and arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah Elohim, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the vessels of the sanctuary of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of Jehovah.
BLB: Now set your⁺ heart and your⁺ soul to seek YHWH your⁺ God, and arise and build the sanctuary of YHWH God, to bring the ark of the covenant of YHWH and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of YHWH.”

ÅB: Vend nå deres hjerte og sjel til å søke Herren deres Gud, og gjør dere rede og bygg Gud Herrens helligdom, så dere kan føre Herrens pakts-ark og Guds hellige kar inn i det hus som skal bygges for Herrens navn!
[^1]: d.e. fredsommelig.
OTB: Sett nå deres hjerte og deres sjel til å søke Herren deres Gud.
Reis dere, og bygg helligdommen for Herren Gud,
så dere kan bringe Herrens paktsark
og de hellige gjenstandene til Gud inn i huset som skal bygges for Herrens navn."
B1930: Vend nu eders hjerte og sjel til å søke Herren eders Gud, og gjør eder rede og bygg Gud Herrens helligdom, så I kan føre Herrens pakts-ark og Guds hellige kar inn i det hus som skal bygges for Herrens navn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
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Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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1 Chronicles 16:11
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
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Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
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1 Chronicles 22:7
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
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2 Chronicles 5:7
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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1 Kings 8:21
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
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