Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David prays to God on behalf of his son Solomon, requesting divine enablement to complete the temple project, positioned between his own petition for the people's devotion and the assembly's corporate blessing.
The words — The Hebrew phrase לֵבָב שָׁלֵם (lev shalem, "a complete heart") paired with מִצְוֹתֶיךָ (mitzvotekha, "your commandments") specifies the exact nature of the obedience David asks God to instill.
The thread — This request directly reiterates the charge in 1 Chronicles 28:9 to serve God with undivided loyalty and presupposes the material preparation recorded in 1 Chronicles 22:14.
Why it lands — The text places the success of both spiritual obedience and physical temple construction on God's gift of a focused heart rather than on human willpower or resources.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Psalms 72:1 Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
- Psalms 119:80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
- James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.