But even when we 'know God' we have to make efforts to have our service correspond with our knowledge, for we have wayward hearts and obstinate wills, which need to be stimulated, sometimes to be coerced and forcibly diverted from unworthy objects. It seems to be commanding an impossibility to say to a weak creature like any one of us, 'Be strong,' but the impossible becomes a possibility when the exhortation takes the full Christian form: 'Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. What a deal of seeming wheat would turn out to be chaff if that winnowing fan which is in Christ's hand were applied to it! 28:2). If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. The principle is as true to-day, and it applies to all forms of influence, authority, and gifts. David’s charges of Solomon : 2.2.1. 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,”(C) he said. 2 Chronicles 3:1-17 - Solomon Builds The Temple. 6 Deal with him according to your wisdom,(L) but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace. When Israel's kings remembered that, they flourished; when they forgot it, they destroyed their kingdom and themselves. The solemn conditions of the continuance of God's favour and of the fulfilment of His promises are next plainly stated. He told Solomon to be strong and show himself a man. Despite this, another son of David (Adonijah, in 1 Kings 1-2) tried to take the throne when David died. David proclaimed Solomon king publicly, and officially settled the matter (1 Kings 1). 1 Chronicles 28:9 English Standard Version (ESV) David's Charge to Solomon. 1 Chronicles 28:9, 10, 20, 21 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind… From the princes of the congregation David turns to Solomon his son. The speech next declares emphatically that the throne belongs to David and his descendants by real 'divine right,' and that God's choice is Solomon, who is to inherit both the promises and obligations of the office, and, among the latter, that of building the Temple. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord. James Boyd. I will obey.’ 43 Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?”, 44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wrong(BJ) you did to my father David. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?”(Z), He answered, “Yes, peacefully.” 14 Then he added, “I have something to say to you.”, 15 “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. The spring that moves the hands on the dial is love, and, if the hands do not move, there is something wrong with the spring. 1 Chronicles 22:1-19 - David Helps Solomon Prepare To Build The Temple. (AC), 20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. The list of the members of the assembly called in verse 1 is interesting as showing how he tried to amalgamate the old with the new. However, because David had been a man of war, God would not permit him to build the temple. All rights reserved worldwide. And, on a lower level, the prohibition is for ever valid. David had previously in private taught him these, but this public 'charge' before the chief men of the kingdom bound them more solemnly upon him, and summoned a cloud of witnesses against him if he fell below the high ideal. 9 "As for you, my son Solomon, q know the God of your father, and serve Him r with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for s the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. 2 Chronicles 2:11-16 - Hiram's Reply. The princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, represented the primitive tribal organisation, and they receive precedence in virtue of the antiquity of their office. 2 Chronicles 1:7-13 - Solomon's Prayer For Wisdom. Only may the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the LORD your God. The great desire of David, King of Israel, was “to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord” (1 Chron. David's final charge to his son provides timeless wisdom for the changing of the guard in church leadership. The connection between the true heavenly King and His earthly representative is strongly expressed in the remarkable phrase: 'He hath chosen Solomon ... to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah,' which both consecrates and limits the rule of Solomon, making him but the viceroy of the true king of Israel. (Q) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore(R) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’ 9 But now, do not consider him innocent. To. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said.” And Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time. This work is linked to 1 Chronicles 28:9 1 Chronicles 28:1-8 - David's Charge To Israel. What a different England we should see! At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. Faith without works is dead, and works without faith are dead too. By Lewis Willis. 1 Chronicles 28:9-21 - David's Charge To Solomon. David's Charge to Solomon 1 Chronicles 28. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(AY) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(AZ) men and more upright than he. Every line is full of instruction. David's address to this gathering is directed to secure these two points. Categories 1 Kings, Old Testament Tags 1 Kings, David’s Charge to Solomon, Ancient Electricity Post navigation David’s Strength Declines – 1015 B.C. 16 Now I have one request to make of you. He begins by recalling his own intention to build the Temple and God's prohibition of it. They are God's, and we are but stewards. After such knowledge comes an outward life of service. 2 When the time drew near for David to die,(B) he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 12 So Solomon sat on the throne(W) of his father David, and his rule was firmly established. David’s Charge to Solomon. We know one another when we summer and winter with each other, and not unless we love one another, and we know God on no other terms. Email Address ← Go Back. The magnificent window was designed by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne … 35 The king put Benaiah(BC) son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok(BD) the priest. Would that these words were written over the doors of all Senate and Parliament houses! If we move away from Him, He moves away from us. It is not enough to do God's will as far as we know it; we must ever be endeavouring after clearer, deeper insight into it. It is well for a young man to begin life with a high ideal of what he is called to be and do. t If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will u cast you off forever. 2 Chronicles 2:11-16 - Hiram's Reply. David solemnly reminds Solomon of those 'pure eyes and perfect judgment,' not to frighten, but to enforce the thought of the need for whole-hearted and glad service, and of the worthlessness of external acts of apparent worship which have not such behind them. Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel: This was David’s public “passing of the torch” ceremony to Solomon, with an emphasis on the responsibility to build the temple. But she became properly concerned over the activities of Adonijah, one of David's sons, who was engaged in a movement to become the next king himself. xvii.3, etc. Therefore the exhortation to serve God 'with a perfect heart and with a willing mind' is always needful and often hard. How small our biggest heaps would become! Active obedience is the expression of inward communion, love, and trust. That knowledge is no mere intellectual apprehension, but, as always in Scripture, personal acquaintanceship with a Person, which involves communion with Him and love towards Him. 1Ki 15:13; 2Ki 10:13; 24:15; 2Ch 15:16; Jer 13:18; 22:26; 29:2, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Romans, Comfort Print, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Chronological Study Bible: Holy Bible, New International Version. Play Video ; Share Online. David's Charge to Solomon 1 Chronicles 28. Posted by Mark Mayberry August 13, 2012. David’s Charge to Solomon Introduction 1 Chronicles 28:1-10 1. Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments with which the LORD charged Moses concerning Israel. Now the Lord will repay you for your wrongdoing. 39 But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish(BH) son of Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.” 40 At this, he saddled his donkey and went to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves. David acknowledges that he is very near the end of his life, and in his remaining moments calls his son Solomon to his side and says this: “I … (AR) Then Solomon ordered Benaiah(AS) son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”, 30 So Benaiah entered the tent(AT) of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out! 1 Chronicles 28:1-8 - David's Charge To Israel. 1 Chronicles 29:1-20 - Offerings For The Temple. 7 David said to Solomon, ‘My son, I had planned to build a house to the name of the Lord my God. Try it free today. The charge to Solomon by David is contained in I Kings 2:1-4. David had established an elaborate organisation of royal officials, details of which occupy the preceding chapters and interrupt the course of the narrative. If we are to fulfil God's purposes with us, and to be such tools as He can use for building His true Temple, we must exercise self-control and 'take heed to our ways,' and we must brace ourselves against opposition and crush down our own timidity. 32 The Lord will repay(AW) him for the blood he shed,(AX) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. David's Dying Charge to Solomon. At the time of our lesson David had grown old and would soon die. David's Charge to Solomon 1 As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 "I am going the way of all the earth. all the truth, or what would become of any of us? Lynn Wessel 10/04/20 - Sun AM. David's Charge To Solomon. 45 But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure(BK) before the Lord forever.”. 26 To Abiathar(AL) the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. “So be strong, act like a man, 3 and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. ), so that the motive which is ascribed to many of the variations in this book, a priestly desire to exalt Temple and ritual, cannot have been at work here. Why should there not have been a divine communication to David as well as Nathan's message? NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. From. 9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. Do not refuse me.”, 17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag(AA) the Shunammite as my wife.”, 18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”, 19 When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. Morality is the garment of religion; religion is the animating principle of morality. “So be strong,(D) act like a man, 3 and observe(E) what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. oil on canvas (171 × 230 cm) — 1643 National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Ferdinand Bol biography. (AM) You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark(AN) of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.”(AO) 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling(AP) the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.