1 Chronicles 28: David’s Final Charge to Solomon – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Building the Temple, God’s Promise, and the Royal Succession

Experience the powerful message of 1 Chronicles 28 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow David’s final charge to his son Solomon, including the building of the temple, God’s promise to support his reign, and the royal succession. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this important chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

1 CHRONICLES 28 (NIV)

1 David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the
officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of
the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the
officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king
and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the
brave fighting men.

2 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.

3 But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my
Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

4 “Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king
over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he
chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over
all Israel.

5 Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many—he has chosen my
son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

6 He
said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my
courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

7 I will
establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands
and laws, as is being done at this time.’

8 “So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the
Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of
the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an
inheritance to your descendants forever.

9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him
with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches
every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,
he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

10 Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the
sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple,
its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place
of atonement.

12 He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his
mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms,
for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the
dedicated things.

13 He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests
and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the Lord, as
well as for all the articles to be used in its service.

14 He designated the
weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of
service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in
various kinds of service:

15 the weight of gold for the gold lampstands and
their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight
of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of
each lampstand;

16 the weight of gold for each table for consecrated bread;
the weight of silver for the silver tables;

17 the weight of pure gold for the
forks, sprinkling bowls and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish;
the weight of silver for each silver dish;

18 and the weight of the refined
gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that
is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow the ark of the
covenant of the Lord.

19 “All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord’s hand
on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan.”

20 David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the
work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you.
He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the
temple of the Lord is finished.

21 The divisions of the priests and Levites
are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person
skilled in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the
people will obey your every command.”