1 Chronicles 22:1
New International Version
Then David said, “The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

New Living Translation
Then David said, “This will be the location for the Temple of the LORD God and the place of the altar for Israel’s burnt offerings!”

English Standard Version
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Berean Standard Bible
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

King James Bible
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

New King James Version
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

New American Standard Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

NASB 1995
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

NASB 1977
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Amplified Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

American Standard Version
Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

Contemporary English Version
David said, "The temple of the LORD God must be built right here at this threshing place. And the altar for offering sacrifices will also be here."

English Revised Version
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then David said, "This is where the LORD God's temple will be. Israel's altar for burnt offerings will also be here."

Good News Translation
So David said, "This is where the Temple of the LORD God will be. Here is the altar where the people of Israel are to offer burnt offerings."

International Standard Version
David said, "This is where the LORD God's Temple will be, along with the altar of burnt offerings for Israel."

Majority Standard Bible
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

NET Bible
David then said, "This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel."

New Heart English Bible
Then David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.

World English Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And David says, “This is the house of YHWH God, and this [is] the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.”

Young's Literal Translation
And David saith, 'This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And David will say, This house itself of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering to Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then David said: This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And David said, “This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.”

New American Bible
Thus David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar for burnt offerings for Israel.”

New Revised Standard Version
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
THEN David said, This is the house of the LORD God and this is the altar of the burnt offerings for Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And David said: “This is the house of LORD JEHOVAH God, and this is the altar of the sacrifices of Israel.”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then David said: 'This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for whole-burnt-offering for Israel.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Preparations for the Temple
1Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” 2So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 24:18-25
And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” / So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded. / When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king. ...

1 Kings 6:1-38
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. / The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. / The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. ...

1 Kings 8:1-66
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. / And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. / When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, ...

2 Chronicles 3:1-2
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. / Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 6:1-42
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. / But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.” / And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all ...

2 Samuel 7:12-13
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

1 Kings 5:5
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’

1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 7:12-16
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. / If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, / and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ...

Psalm 132:1-5
A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, / how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: / “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, ...

Isaiah 56:7
I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

Matthew 21:12-13
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Mark 11:15-17
When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Luke 19:45-46
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

John 2:13-17
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. / In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ...


Treasury of Scripture

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

This is the house.

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…

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.

Deuteronomy 12:5-7,11
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 this is the altar

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 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?

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Then David said
This phrase marks a pivotal moment in the narrative of King David's reign. The Hebrew word for "said" is "אָמַר" (amar), which often signifies a declaration or proclamation. David, as the anointed king, is making a significant spiritual and national decision. This moment reflects David's role not only as a political leader but as a spiritual guide for Israel, emphasizing the importance of divine guidance in leadership.

Here shall be
The word "here" indicates a specific location chosen by David. The Hebrew term "פֹּה" (po) suggests a divinely appointed place. This choice is not arbitrary but is believed to be guided by God's will. The emphasis on "shall be" underscores the certainty and divine approval of this decision, reflecting the fulfillment of God's promises and plans for Israel.

the house of the LORD God
This phrase refers to the future temple, a central place of worship for the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "house" is "בַּיִת" (bayit), which can mean both a physical structure and a household or family. The "house of the LORD" signifies a sacred space where God's presence will dwell among His people. This temple is a continuation of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, symbolizing His desire to be with His people.

and here the altar of burnt offering
The altar is a critical element in Israelite worship, serving as the place where sacrifices are made to atone for sin and express devotion to God. The Hebrew word for "altar" is "מִזְבֵּחַ" (mizbeach), derived from a root meaning "to slaughter" or "sacrifice." This highlights the altar's role in the sacrificial system, which points to the need for atonement and foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ.

for Israel
This phrase emphasizes the communal aspect of the temple and altar. The Hebrew term "יִשְׂרָאֵל" (Yisrael) refers to the descendants of Jacob, God's chosen people. The temple and altar are not just for individual worship but for the entire nation, uniting them in their faith and identity. This underscores the collective responsibility of the Israelites to maintain their covenant relationship with God and to worship Him as a community.

XXII.

(1) Then.--And.

This is the house.--Better, This is a house of Jehovah, the (true) God, and this (is) an altar of burnt offering for Israel. The verse resumes the narrative suspended at 1Chronicles 21:28. The place of the apparition is called "a house of God," as in Genesis 28:17. Obviously, we have here the goal of the entire narrative of the census, and the pestilence, which the chronicler would probably have omitted, as he has omitted that of the famine (2 Samuel 21), were it not for the fact that it shows how the site of the Temple was determined.

Verse 1. - This verse evidently belongs to the close of the last' chapter, and should have had its place there. It indicates a deep sense of relief that now visited David's mind. We can imagine how he had pondered often and long the "place where" of the "exceeding magnificent" house which it was in his heart to build for the Lord. The place was now found, and the more unexpected and "dreadful" (Genesis 28:17) the method by which it was arrived at, the more convincing and satisfactory, at all events in some points of view. The extraordinary and impressive designating of this spot was in itself a signal for an active commencement of the work, and made at the same time such commencement practicable. Solomon and many others would afterwards often think, often speak, of the "threshing-finer of Ornan the Jebusite" as the place "which was shown to David his father," and which "David had prepared" (2 Chronicles 3:1). Here, then, he builds "the altar of burnt offering," as, on the neighbouring "hill of Zion," he had reared the "tabernacle for the ark."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then David
דָּוִ֔יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“This
זֶ֣ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

is the house
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God,
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and this
וְזֶה־ (wə·zeh-)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

is the altar
מִּזְבֵּ֥חַ (miz·bê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

of burnt offering
לְעֹלָ֖ה (lə·‘ō·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

for Israel.”
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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