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1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses his son Solomon immediately after the Lord commissions him to build the sanctuary. He physically hands over the architectural specifications at the moment of dynastic transition.
The words — תַּבְנִית (tavnit) denotes the structural pattern or blueprint, and הָ/אוּלָם (ha'ulam) refers specifically to the temple's portico. These terms anchor the verse in concrete architectural instruction rather than abstract vision.
The thread — This transfer of temple plans echoes the divine pattern given to Moses for the tabernacle (Exodus 25:40) and aligns with the portico dimensions recorded in 1 Kings 6:3. David later confirms the source of these specifications in 1 Chronicles 28:19.
Why it lands — The text demands precise execution of a provided blueprint rather than human improvisation. A reader must recognize that sacred construction requires submitting to established specifications before beginning work.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 28:19 “All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
- Exodus 25:40 See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- 1 Kings 6:3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
- Exodus 25:17 And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- Exodus 26:30 So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Exodus 39:42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:20 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.