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1 Chronicles 22:13 Explained in Context
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Verse 13. 13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
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Quick Meaning
Defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 22:11–22:16
Defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear. Read 1 Chronicles 22:13 within 22:11–22:16. The complete unit records: David blesses Solomon, asks for wisdom to govern and keep Torah, cites vast gold, silver, metal, timber, stone, and skilled workers, and commands action.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Temple preparation is framed by obedience and governing wisdom, not materials alone. In this exact position, the line beginning “Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments…” defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear.
Follow the Context
- David blesses Solomon, asks for wisdom to govern and keep Torah, cites vast gold, silver, metal, timber, stone, and skilled workers, and commands action.
- Temple preparation is framed by obedience and governing wisdom, not materials alone.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments…”
In plain language: Defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear.
The line beginning “Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments…” defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear.
Why it matters: The wording carries a material literary, historical, temple, royal-power, violence, ethnic, illness, gender, exile, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
The extraordinary totals do not require silent literalization, promote prosperity giving, justify financial pressure, or make courage unquestioning compliance.
What Remains True
Defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Faithful succession joins remembered promise with present responsibility; inherited office is never hereditary moral or spiritual superiority.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear, keep it inside 22:11–22:16, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain why 1 Chronicles 22:13 defines prospering as courage joined to careful observance rather than fear. Use 22:11–22:16, paraphrase “Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Chronicles 22:11–22:16 — Solomon receives law-shaped courage and immense resourcesSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
1 Chronicles 22:13 remains within this thought-unit limit: The resource totals are enormous and may be hyperbolic, textually unstable, or use measures difficult to convert; they must be reported without false precision.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 22:11–22:16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Biblical Studies Press
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 22:11–22:16, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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