1 Chronicles 28:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

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  • 1 Chr 23:1 : 1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
  • 1 Chr 3:1-9 : 1 Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman; 2 The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith; 3 The fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife. 4 He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years. 5 And in Jerusalem he had four sons, Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel; 6 And Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet 7 And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 8 And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.
  • 1 Chr 22:9-9 : 9 But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet; 10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.
  • 1 Chr 14:3-7 : 3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters. 4 These are the names of the children he had in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon 5 And Ibhar and Elishua and Elpelet 6 And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 7 And Elishama and Beeliada and Eliphelet.
  • 1 Chr 17:14 : 14 But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.
  • 1 Chr 29:23 : 23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.
  • 2 Chr 1:8-9 : 8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place. 9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.
  • Ps 72:1-9 : 1 <Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor. 3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness. 4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed. 5 May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations. 6 May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth. 7 In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven. 8 Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. 9 Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust. 10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores. 11 Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants. 12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need. 14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes. 15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day. 16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth. 17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name. 18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders. 19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it. 20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.>
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

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  • 1 Chr 28:4
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    4 Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

  • 1 Chr 28:6-7
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    6 And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    7 I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
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    1 And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

  • 1 Kgs 1:34-35
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    34 And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!

    35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Chr 22:9-11
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    9 But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

    10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

    9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-16
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    15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

    16 From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:13
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    13 Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

  • 1 Chr 29:23-25
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    23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

    24 And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.

    25 And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-7
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    5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

    6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

  • 2 Chr 6:5-6
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    5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

    6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6-7
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    6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

    7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    75%

    46 And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

  • Deut 18:5
    75%

    5 For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 22:17
    75%

    17 Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Chr 23:1
    75%

    1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
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    9 May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
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    30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 1 Kgs 11:36-37
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    74%

    36 And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

    37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
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    32 (But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    74%

    34 But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

  • 1 Chr 29:19
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    19 And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.

  • 1 Chr 17:11
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    11 And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

  • 2 Chr 9:8
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    8 Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Kgs 1:48
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    48 Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
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    37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

  • 2 Chr 1:1-2
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    1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.

    2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
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    10 Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
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    12 Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 2:15
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    15 And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;