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1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David declares this after the plague narrative, designating the threshing floor as the permanent site for Israel’s worship.
The words — זֶה (zeh) means "this," and בֵּית (beit) means "house," directly identifying the location as the designated dwelling place of Yahweh Elohim.
The thread — The text points forward to Solomon’s construction on Mount Moriah (2 Chronicles 3:1) and recalls Jacob’s earlier identification of sacred ground (Genesis 28:17).
Why it lands — The verse establishes a fixed geographic center for the altar and temple, requiring the reader to recognize that worship is no longer portable but anchored to God’s chosen location.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 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.
- 1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Genesis 28:17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
- 2 Samuel 24:18 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.”
- 2 Kings 18:22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
- 2 Chronicles 6:5 ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
- Deuteronomy 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
- Psalms 78:60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.