1 Raja-raja 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ²  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ³ 

1 Tawarikh 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ⁴  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. ⁵  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Tawarikh 22:2

David Orders a Temple to Be Built

22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

1 Tawarikh 13:7

13:7 They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[3:1]  ² sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[22:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”