1 Chronicles 22 · Verse 1

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
1 Chronicles 22:1, King James Version

1 Chronicles 22:1 in other translations

BSBThen David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
WEBThen David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
ASVThen David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
YLTAnd David saith, ‘This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'
DARBYAnd David said, This is the house of Jehovah Elohim, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
BBEThen David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.
WebsterThen David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.

What does 1 Chronicles 22:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
1Ch 22:1-5. David Prepares for Building the Temple. 1. David said, This is the home of the Lord God--By the miraculous sign of fire from heaven, and perhaps other intimations, David understood it to be the will of God that the national place of worship should be fixed there, and he forthwith proceeded to make preparations for the erection of the temple on that spot.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

David makes great preparations for building a temple to the Lord, 1Chr 22:1-5; gives the necessary directions to Solomon concerning it, 1Chr 22:6-16; and exhorts the princes of Israel to assist in the undertaking, 1Chr 22:17-19. Verse 1 David said, This is the house of the Lord - Till a temple is built for his name, this place shall be considered the temple of God; and on this altar, and not on that at Gibeon, shall the burnt-offerings of Israel be made. David probably thought that this was the place on which God designed that his house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy, not only the threshing-floor, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a building.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 22:1-5
On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. David must not build, but he would do all he could; he prepared abundantly before his death. What our hands find to do for God, and our souls, and those round us, let us do it with all our might, before our death; for after death there is no device nor working. And when the Lord refuses to employ us in those services which we desired, we must not be discouraged or idle, but do what we can, though in a humbler sphere.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Chronicles 22:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
דָּוִ֔ידda.VidDavidH1732
זֶ֣הzehthisH2088
ה֔וּאHu'itH1931
בֵּ֖יתbeit[is] [the] houseH1004
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וְזֶה\־ve.zeh-and thisH2088
מִּזְבֵּ֥חַmiz.Be.ach[is the] altarH4196
לְעֹלָ֖הle.'o.Lahfor burnt offeringH5930
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \סle.Yis.ra.'Elfor IsraelH3478

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 22:1

  • 2 Chronicles 3:1

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:18-28

    Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. …

  • Genesis 28:17

    And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 2 Kings 18:22

    But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • 2 Chronicles 6:5-6

    Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

  • Psalms 78:60

    So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

  • Psalms 78:67-69

    Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5-7

    But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Deuteronomy 12:11

    Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

  • 2 Chronicles 32:12

    Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

  • Psalms 132:13-14

    For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepares abundance for the building of it.
6 He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple.
17 He charges the princes to assist his son.

This is the house.David perhaps had some assurance that this was the place on which God designed that His house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy not only the threshing-floor, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a structure.
21:18-28; Ge 28:17; De 12:5-7,11; 2Sa 24:18; 2Ch 3:1; 6:5,6
Ps 78:60,67-69; 132:13,14; Joh 4:20-22
and this is the altar.
2Ki 18:22; 2Ch 32:12

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 22:1

    Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:2

    And 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.

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1 Chronicles 22:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y DIJO David: Esta es la casa de Jehová Dios, y este es el altar del holocausto para Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David dit: C’est ici la maison de l’ Éternel Dieu, et c’est ici l’autel pour l’holocauste d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David sprach: Dieses hier soll das Haus Jehovas Gottes sein, und dies der Altar zum Brandopfer für Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque David: Hæc est domus Dei, et hoc altare in holocaustum Israëli.