Discovery Box1 Chronicles 22:5 
Context22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, 1 and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. 2 Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
1 Chronicles 22:8
Context22:8 But the Lord said to me: 3 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, 4 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.
1 Chronicles 22:14
Context22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. 5 I have stored up 100,000 talents 6 of gold, 1,000,000 7 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!
1 Chronicles 22:19
Context22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! 8 Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring 9 the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service 10 into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” 11
1 Chronicles 28:2
Context28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 12 I have made the preparations for building it.
1 Chronicles 28:20-21
Context28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 13 For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished. 28:21 Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. 14 The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.” 15
1 Chronicles 29:2
Context29:2 So I have made every effort 16 to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, 17 as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.
1 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
2 tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”
3 tn Heb “and the word of the
4 tn Heb “for my name.”
5 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
6 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
7 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
8 tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the
9 tn Heb “to bring.”
10 tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”
11 tn Heb “for the name of the
12 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
13 tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”
14 tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”
15 tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”
16 tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”
17 tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”
