6He 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.


In Context

3 But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.'

4 However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

5 Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh's kingdom over Israel.

6 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.

7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.'

8 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.

1 Chronicles 28:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:6He said to me: 'Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:6And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:6And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:6And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:6And he said to 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:6And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:6And he said to 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:6and saith to me, Solomon thy son, he doth build My house, and My courts, for I have fixed on him to Me for a son, and I — I am to him for a father,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:6And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.