1 Chronicles 28:11

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.

10 Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

12 The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,

13 for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
KJV
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
WEB
Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
ASV
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat;
DARBY
And David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the house of the mercy-seat;
BLB
And David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and its houses, and its treasuries, and its upper chambers, and its inner chambers, and the house of the mercy seat,
ÅB
Så gav David sin sønn Salomo et bilde av forhallen og tempelbygningene, skattkammerne, loftsrommene, de indre rom og rommet for nådestolen,
OTB
Da ga David sin sønn Salomo planen for templets forhall,
dets bygninger, dets lagerrom, dets øvre rom, dets indre rom, og rommet for nådestolen;
B1930
Så gav David sin sønn Salomo et billede av forhallen og tempelbygningene, skattkammerne, loftsrummene, de indre rum og rummet for nådestolen,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 28:19

    “All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”

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  • 1 Kings 6:3

    The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

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  • Exodus 25:40

    See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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  • Hebrews 8:5

    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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  • Exodus 25:17–22

    And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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  • Ezekiel 40:15

    And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.

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  • Ezekiel 40:48–49

    Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.

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  • Exodus 26:30

    So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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