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1 Chronicles 28

1 Chron. 28:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
stood up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
upon his feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
me, my brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, and my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
: As for me, I hadw in mine heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
to build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
an house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of rest
mnuwchah (Hebrew #4496)
feminine of 4495; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
KJV usage: comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.
Pronounce: men-oo-khaw'
Origin: or mnuchah {men-oo-khaw'}
for the ark
'arown (Hebrew #727)
from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box
KJV usage: ark, chest, coffin.
Pronounce: aw-rone'
Origin: or laron {aw-rone'}
of the covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and for the footstool
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
hadom (Hebrew #1916)
a foot stool
KJV usage: (foot-)stool.
Pronounce: had-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stamp upon
y of our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and had made ready
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
for the building
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
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2 Sam. 7:2• 2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. (2 Sam. 7:2)
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Psa. 132:2‑7• 2How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
 3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
 4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
 5Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
 6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
 7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. (Psa. 132:2‑7)
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Psa. 99:5• 5Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. (Psa. 99:5)
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Lam. 2:1• 1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! (Lam. 2:1)

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Brethren,
Covenant,
David,
Footstool,
God,
Heart,
House,
King,
Rest

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Ministry on This Verse

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stood up.
Gen. 48:2• 2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. (Gen. 48:2)
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1 Kings 1:47• 47And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. (1 Kings 1:47)
my brethren.
1 Chron. 11:1‑3• 1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
 2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
 3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. (1 Chron. 11:1‑3)
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Deut. 17:15,20• 15Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
 20That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. (Deut. 17:15,20)
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Psa. 22:22• 22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. (Psa. 22:22)
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Heb. 2:11‑12• 11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
 12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. (Heb. 2:11‑12)
I had in mine heart.
1 Chron. 17:1‑2• 1Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.
 2Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. (1 Chron. 17:1‑2)
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2 Sam. 7:1‑2• 1And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
 2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. (2 Sam. 7:1‑2)
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1 Kings 8:17‑18• 17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
 18And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. (1 Kings 8:17‑18)
rest.
1 Chron. 6:31• 31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest. (1 Chron. 6:31)
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Psa. 132:3‑8,14• 3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
 4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
 5Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
 6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
 7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
 8Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
 14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:3‑8,14)
the footstool.
Psa. 99:5• 5Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. (Psa. 99:5)
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Psa. 132:7• 7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. (Psa. 132:7)
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Isa. 66:1• 1Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)
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Lam. 2:1• 1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! (Lam. 2:1)
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Acts 7:49• 49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49)
had made ready.
1 Chron. 18:7‑11• 7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
 8Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
 9Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
 10He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
 11Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. (1 Chron. 18:7‑11)
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1 Chron. 22:2‑5,14• 2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
 3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
 4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
 5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
 14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. (1 Chron. 22:2‑5,14)
• This is what Psa. 132 expresses in a very remarkable manner. David, in all his tribulations had not given himself rest until he had found a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord. (“Solomon, the King According to the Counsels of God: 1 Chronicles 28” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build.