1 Chronicles 28:2

1 Chronicles 28:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
• New International Version (NIV)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 rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it.
• English Standard Version (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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren 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 had made preparations to build it.

Context of 1 Chronicles 28:2

1Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, all the valiant warriors. Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. 3But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 4Yet, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all the household of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:2 word by word

וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֤יד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שְׁמָע֖וּנִי אַחַ֣י וְעַמִּ֑י אֲנִ֣י עִם־לְבָבִ֡י לִבְנוֹת֩ בֵּ֨ית מְנוּחָ֜ה לַאֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֗ה וְלַהֲדֹם֙ רַגְלֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וַהֲכִינ֖וֹתִי לִבְנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Then Kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• roseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• to his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to me, my brothersאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• and my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• intendedלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• permanentמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · restingH4496
• homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• for the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the footstoolהֲדֹםhădôm · footstoolH1916
• of our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• So I had madeכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 28:2

• Genesis 48:2When it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed.
• 1 Kings 1:47Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.
• 1 Chronicles 11:1Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
• Deuteronomy 17:15you shall in fact appoint a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses. One from among your countrymen you shall appoint as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves, anyone who is not your countryman.
• Psalms 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
• Hebrews 2:11For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,
• 1 Chronicles 17:1And it came about, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”
• 2 Samuel 7:1Now it came about, when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
• 1 Kings 8:17Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 6:31Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there.
• Psalms 132:3“I certainly will not enter my house, Nor lie on my bed;
• Psalms 99:5Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His footstool; Holy is He.
• Psalms 132:7Let’s go into His dwelling place; Let’s worship at His footstool.
• Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for My feet. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has hurled The glory of Israel from heaven to earth, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.
• Acts 7:49‘Heaven is My throne, And the earth is the footstool of My feet; What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord, ‘Or what place is there for My rest?

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 28:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2David - stood up upon his feet - He was now very old, and chiefly confined to his bed, (see 1 Kings 1:47;); and while he was addressing his son Solomon, he continued on the bed; but when all the principal nobles of his kingdom came before him he received strength to arise and address them, standing on his feet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2My brethren - David retains the modest phrase of a king not born in the purple, but raised from the ranks of the people (see 1 Samuel 30:23; 2 Samuel 19:12). No later Jewish monarch would have thus addressed his subjects. The footstool of our God - David views the ark as God‘s “footstool,” because he was enthroned above it visibly in the Shechinah, or luminous cloud, present from time to time above the mercy seat and between the cherubim (compare the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2David described the temple as a place where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could rest. The word "rest" signifies the conquest of the land and the establishment of peace (for example, Deuteronomy 12:9). In the wilderness, the ark rested after battles (Numbers 10:35–36). When David brought the ark to Jerusalem, its "rest" became permanent. David expressed this in a psalm of worship: Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Hear me, my brethren, and my people--This was the style of address becoming a constitutional king of Israel (De 17:20; 1Sa 30:23; 2Sa 5:1). I had in mine heart--I proposed, or designed. to build an house of rest--a solid and permanent temple. for the footstool of our God--God seated between the cherubim, at the two extremities of the ark, might be said to be enthroned in His glory, and the coverlet of the ark to be His footstool. and had made ready for…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 28:2

• Liberality
• Stool
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In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• Ark of the Covenant
• Chronicles, Books of
• Footstool
• Adonijah
• Constant; Constantly
• Gold
• Nathan (1)
• Rest

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings