1 Chronicles 22: David Prepares to Build the Temple – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | David’s Vision, Solomon’s Role, and the Future of the Temple

Experience the exciting events of 1 Chronicles 22 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow David’s vision to build the temple, Solomon’s role in completing it, and the future of the temple. This chapter also explores the importance of preparing oneself before serving God and obeying His commands. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this powerful chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

1 CHRONICLES 22 (NIV)

1 Then David said, “The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the
altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

2 So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from
among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the
house of God.

3 He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors
of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.

4
He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and
Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

5 David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be
built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in
the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” So
David made extensive preparations before his death.

6 Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the
Lord, the God of Israel.

7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my
heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God.

8 But this word of the
Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are
not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the
earth in my sight.

9 But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and
rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name
will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

10
He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I
will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel
forever.’

11 “Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the
house of the Lord your God, as he said you would.

12 May the Lord give you
discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that
you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

13 Then you will have success if
you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for
Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

14 “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred
thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze
and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.

15 You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as
those skilled in every kind of work

16 in gold and silver, bronze and
iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”

17 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.

18 He
said to them, “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you
rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my
hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people.

19 Now devote
your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary
of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and
the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for
the Name of the Lord.”