So I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’
1 Chronicles 28:6 - New Revised Standard Version He said to me, ‘It is your son Solomon who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I will be a father to him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to me, Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. Common English Bible He said to me: Your son Solomon will build my temple and my courtyards, for I’ve chosen him to become my son even as I myself will become his father. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to me: 'Solomon your son shall build my house and my courts. For I have chosen him to be to me as a son, and I will be to him as a father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house and my courts. For I have chosen him to be my son: and I will be a father to him. |
So I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’
Now the Lord has upheld the promise that he made; for I have risen in the place of my father David; I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
O Lord God, let your promise to my father David now be fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits; and the gate next to the pilaster on every side of the court.
Yet Jesus is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.
Christ, however, was faithful over God's house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.