Bj Kalb

He said to me, 'It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 28:5 ESV

And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

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Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 28:2 ESV

Then King David rose to his feet and said: "Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

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Bj Kalb

highlighted 1 Chronicles 28:3 ESV

But God said to me, 'You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.'

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read 1 Chronicles 27

This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:...

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Bj Kalb

read 1 Chronicles 26

As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph....

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read 1 Chronicles 25

David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:...

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read 1 Chronicles 24

The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar....

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read 1 Chronicles 22

Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel."...

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 22:10 ESV

He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.'

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 22:9 ESV

Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 22:8 ESV

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth.

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 22:7 ESV

David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 22:1 ESV

Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

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read 1 Chronicles 21

Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel....

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 21:15 ESV

And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 21:13 ESV

Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man."

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highlighted 1 Chronicles 21:1 ESV

Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

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read 1 Chronicles 20

In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it....

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