1 Chronicles 22:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 However, a son will be born to you. He will be a peaceful man, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. For Solomon shall be his name, and in his time I will bestow peace[a] and tranquility on Israel.(A) 10 It is he who shall build a house for my name; he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him,(B) and I will establish the throne of his kingship over Israel forever.
11 “Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has said you shall.
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- 22:9 The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, is reflected in the name Solomon, in Hebrew, Shelomo. The Chronicler draws a contrast here between Solomon, the “peaceful man,” and David, who “waged great wars” (v. 8). David was prevented from building the Temple, not only because his time was taken up in waging war (1 Kgs 5:17), but also because he shed much blood (1 Chr 22:8), thereby making himself, in the Chronicler’s view, ritually unfit for the task.
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