1 Chronicles 29:19
17 I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
18 O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
21 The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
- KJV
- And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
- WEB
- and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.”
- ASV
- and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
- DARBY
- And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
- BLB
- And to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace for which I have prepared.”
- ÅB
- Og gi min sønn Salomo et udelt hjerte til å holde dine bud, dine vitnesbyrd og dine lover og utføre det alt sammen og bygge den herlige bygning som jeg har samlet forråd til.
- OTB
- og gi min sønn Salomo et hengivent hjerte
til å holde Dine bud, Dine vitnesbyrd og Dine forskrifter,
og å utføre dem,
og å bygge tempelet, som jeg har sørget for.” - B1930
- Og gi min sønn Salomo et udelt hjerte til å holde dine bud, dine vidnesbyrd og dine lover og utføre det alt sammen og bygge den herlige bygning som jeg har samlet forråd til.
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.
Read in contextPsalms 72:1
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
Read in contextPsalms 119:80
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:14
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:1–2
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 palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
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