1 Chronicles 29:1
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
KJV
Locutusque est David rex ad omnem ecclesiam : Salomonem filium meum unum elegit Deus, adhuc puerum et tenellum : opus namque grande est, neque enim homini præparatur habitatio, sed Deo.
Vulgate
Καὶ εἶπεν Δαυεὶδ ὁ βασιλεὺς πάσῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Σαλωμὼν ὁ υἱός μου, εἷς ὃν ᾑρέτικεν ἐν αὐτῷ Κύριος, νέος καὶ ἁπαλός, καὶ τὸ ἔργον μέγα, ὅτι οὐκ ἀνθρώπῳ ἀλλ’ ἢ Κυρίῳ θεῷ.
LXX
And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤יד הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ/כָל הַ/קָּהָ֔ל שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה בְנִ֥/י אֶחָ֛ד בָּֽחַר בּ֥/וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים נַ֣עַר וָ/רָ֑ךְ וְ/הַ/מְּלָאכָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה כִּ֣י לֹ֤א לְ/אָדָם֙ הַ/בִּירָ֔ה כִּ֖י לַ/יהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Chr 22:5 — And 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 m
- 1Chr 22:5 — And 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 m
- 1Kgs 3:7 — And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
- 1Kgs 3:7 — And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
- 2Chr 13:7 — And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withsta
- Exod 25:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
- Jer 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after
- Mark 14:8 — She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
- Prov 4:3 — For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- Ps 57:5 — Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.