1 Chronicles 22:5

And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

Cross References (19)

  • 1 Kings 3:7 (4)

    And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not kn

  • 1 Chronicles 29:1 (4)

    Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. Th

  • John 3:30 (3)

    He must increase; I must decrease.

  • John 13:1 (3)

    It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the F

  • Isaiah 64:11 (2)

    Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lie

  • Ezekiel 7:20 (2)

    His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. The

  • Deuteronomy 31:2–7 (2)

    he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to

  • 2 Chronicles 2:5 (2)

    The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

  • Luke 21:5 (2)

    As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus sa

  • 2 Chronicles 13:7 (2)

    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, an

  • 2 Peter 1:13–15 (2)

    I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

  • 2 Chronicles 7:21 (2)

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done su

  • John 4:37–38 (2)

    For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

  • 1 Kings 9:8 (2)

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has th

  • Haggai 2:3 (2)

    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you li

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10 (2)

    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work

  • Haggai 2:9 (2)

    The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide

  • Ezra 3:12 (2)

    But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the fou

  • John 9:4 (2)

    While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.