1 Chronicles 28:9

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1 Chronicles 28:9

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Summary

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Know thou

The god

Serve him

A willing mind

2 Corinthians 8:12

2 Corinthians 9:7

1 Peter 5:2

The imaginations

Ezekiel 38:10

If thou seek

James 4:8

If thou forsake

Hebrews 10:38

General references

Bible References

Know thou

This was shown to you that you might know that JEHOVAH IS GOD! THERE IS NO ONE BESIDES HIM!

Listen to him and give him his desire. Let all the peoples of the earth know about your name. Let them worship you as your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have built is truly named by your name.

Those who know your name, Jehovah, will trust you. You do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

If they want to brag, instead let them advocate (glory) (celebrate) that they understand and know me. They should advocate that I, Jehovah, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of celebration pleases me, declares Jehovah.

He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy. Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me? Says Jehovah.

I will give them a heart (will) (desire) to know me. I am Jehovah! They will be my people, and I will be their God! They will return to me with their whole heart.

No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying: 'Know Jehovah.' All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me, declares Jehovah. I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold (remember) their sins against them.

Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land.

You do not know him. I know him. If I say I do not know him I would be like you, a liar! But I know him and obey his word.

This is everlasting life that they should have *deep, intimate knowledge of you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have commissioned. *(Greek: ginosko: know, perceive, be sure, understand)

As I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: To An Unknown God. What you worship as unknown, this I will proclaim to you.

They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.

Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

God said: Light will shine out of darkness. He shined in our hearts. He gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face (presence) ((person) of Jesus Christ.

The god

Jehovah was standing above the stairway. He proclaimed: I am Jehovah, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give the land on which you are lying to you and your descendants.

Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them: JEHOVAH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me. He said: I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

Jehovah is my strong defender. He is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will sing about his greatness.

Solomon answered: You always showed great love for my father David, your servant. He was good, loyal, and honest in his relation with you. You have continued to show him your great and constant love by giving him a son who today rules in his place.

Jehovah is my rock and my fortress. He is my deliverer. He is my God and my crag, the one in whom I take refuge. He is my shield, and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold.

He will call to me: You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!

Serve him

The people gave willingly to Jehovah and were happy that so much had been given. King David also was extremely happy.

Let your hearts be committed to Jehovah our God. Then you will live by his laws and keep his commands as you have today.

Jehovah, Please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and truth. And consider my whole heart devoted to you. I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept bitterly.

He did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah. He walked in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him. He said: Look an Israelite indeed. There is no deceit in him!

God is a Spirit. They who worship him must worship him with spirit and truth.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

Let us be thankful, because we will receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship (serve) (intensely adore) God in a way that will please him, with reverence and awe.

A willing mind

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.

Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

The imaginations

Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.

Then it will happen, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness. It shall not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. I know the intent they are developing today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore.

You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You understand my thought from afar.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan.

If thou seek

Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serve him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

My son, take my words to heart and treasure my commandments within you.

I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness. I have not said to Jacob's descendants: Seek me in vain. I, Jehovah, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Seek Jehovah while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me,

Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you.

Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic).

If thou forsake

Jehovah said to Moses: You are about to lie down with your fathers in death. This people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land. They will plunge into the midst of it. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.

But if you turn from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:

I would not make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might attack us on the way. We said to the king: The hand (power) (protection) of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who have turned away from him.

Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time. Those who abandon Jehovah will come to an end.

My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.

General references

Those who were willing and whose hearts moved them brought their contributions to Jehovah. The gifts were used to construct the tent of meeting, to pay other expenses, and to make the holy clothes.

You still left me and worshiped other gods. I am not going to rescue you again.

May Jehovah our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he not leave us or abandon us.

Amon turned away from Jehovah the God of his fathers. He did not walk in his ways.