KJV King James Version
Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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BSB 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.”
WEB World English Bible
Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David saith, ‘This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.’
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 22
1 Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayדָּוִ֔ידH1732 · da.vidDavidזֶ֣הH2088 · zehthisה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itבֵּ֖יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְזֶה־H2088 · zehthisמִּזְבֵּ֥חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarלְעֹלָ֖הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.1 Chronicles 21:18-28Then 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 28:17And 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.2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.2 Kings 18:22But 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 6:5-6Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:Psalm 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;Deuteronomy 12:11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:John 4:20-22Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.2 Chronicles 32:12Hath 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?Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Deuteronomy 12:5-7But 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:Psalm 78:67-69Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
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