1 Chronicles 28:6

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

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.

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בָחַ֨רְתִּי

bâchar

H977

“to choose”

Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular

Appears 170× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 6:2

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 231

to choose, elect, decide for - (Qal) to choose - (Niphal) to be chosen - (Pual) to be chosen, selected

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

17: words
12: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Grammatical profile

4 verbs
6 nouns
2 pronouns
4 prepositions
1 conjunction

Verb forms

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר Qal · Sequential Imperfect
יִבְנֶ֥ה Qal · Imperfect
בָחַ֨רְתִּי Qal · Perfect
אֶֽהְיֶה Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

בִנְךָ֔ son H1121 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 30 words from the Hebrew and 32 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 17 Hebrew tokens and 29 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 28:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Samuel 7:13–14 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
1 Chronicles 22:9–10 Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days:
Hebrews 3:6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
1 Chronicles 17:11–14 It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 1:9 Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
Zechariah 6:12–13 and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
Hebrews 3:3 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house.
Hebrews 4:5 and in this place again, "They will not enter into my rest."

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 1 Chronicles 28:6 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לִ֔י שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בִנְךָ֔ הֽוּא יִבְנֶ֥ה בֵיתִ֖י וַחֲצֵרוֹתָ֑י כִּי בָחַ֨רְתִּי ב֥וֹ לִי֙ לְבֵ֔ן וַאֲנִ֖י אֶֽהְיֶה לּ֥וֹ לְאָֽב

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.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 28:6 Septuagint · lemma form

καί εἶπον ἐγώ ὁ θεός σαλωμών ὁ υἱός σύ οἰκοδομέω ὁ οἶκος ἐγώ καί ὁ αὐλή ἐγώ ὅτι αἱρετίζω ἐν αὐτός εἰμί ἐγώ υἱός καΐἐγώ εἰμί αὐτός εἰς πατήρ

And God said to me, Solomon your son shall build my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be to him a father.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 28:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ch 28:6 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.

Ver. 6. For I have chosen him to be my son.] God saith the same in effect to all Christian princes; but then they must make it their care to build him a spiritual temple, &c.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

1Ch 28:6-7. He shall build my house, &c. — So was he a figure of him that was to come, who is both the founder and the foundation of the gospel temple. I will establish his kingdom for ever — This was to have its accomplishment in the kingdom of the Messiah which shall continue in his hands through all the ages of time, (Isa 9:7; Luk 1:33,) and shall then be delivered up to God, even the Father, with whom, however, he shall continue to reign to all eternity. If he be constant to do my commandments — The promise is absolute with regard to the Messiah, but conditional with regard to Solomon. As at this day — As he hath begun, and hitherto continued to do, in some good measure. If we are constant in our duty, then, and not otherwise, we may expect the continuance of his favour.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(6) He shall build.—Better, he it is that shall build. The pronoun is emphatic: he, and not thou.

I have chosen him. . . . his father.—Literally, I have chosen him for myself as a son, and I—I will become to him a father.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

6. he shall build my house] Cp. 1Ch_22:10.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house,.... See Sa2 7:13.

and my courts; in the house or temple:

for I have chosen him to be my son; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Eph 1:5.

and I will be his father; see Sa2 7:14.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Besides the message sent to David through Nathan, he had a revelation, of which we have only the indirect account given here and in 1Ch 22:8-10 (see the note). He was told that one of his sons should be raised up to fill his throne after him, and should build the temple. In the second revelation it was distinctly declared to him that the son intended was Solomon.

My house and my courts - i. e., the temple and the courts of the temple (see 2Ch 4:9).

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My house, &c. - So was he a figure of him that was to come, who is both the founder and the foundation of the gospel-temple.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Keil & Delitzsch

C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch

And he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house,.... See Sa2 7:13.

and my courts; in the house or temple:

for I have chosen him to be my son; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Eph 1:5.

and I will be his father; see Sa2 7:14.

Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

David continues to speak to the Israelites.

He said to me

"God said to me"

my house

The word "house" refers to the temple of Yahweh.

I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father

This does not mean that Solomon becomes an actual son of God, but it describes the personal relationship that he and God will have. AT: "I have chosen to treat him like a son, and I will be like a father to him" (See: Metaphor)

my commandments and decrees

These two words basically mean the same thing and refer to everything that Yahweh had commanded. (See: Doublet)

as you are this day

The word "you" here refers to David. Also, the understood word "committed" may be supplied. AT: "just as you are committed this day" (See: Ellipsis)

translationWords

court

eternity

commit

obey

command

decree

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 17 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is bâchar (“to choose”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word bâchar carries the sense “to choose.” How does it shape the verse?
How does 2 Samuel 7:13–14, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “son” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
«וַיֹּ֣אמֶר» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 17 Hebrew ↔ 29 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
“son” occurs 2× in this single verse.
12 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 17 words in this verse.