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1 Chronicles 22:4 Explained in Context
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Verse 4. 4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Foreign residents, artisans, and imported cedar begin preparation.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 22:2–5
Read 1 Chronicles 22:4 with 22:2–5. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: David gathers resident foreigners as stonecutters, prepares metals, receives cedar from Sidon and Tyre, and accumulates materials because Solomon is young.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Foreign residents, artisans, and imported cedar begin preparation,” 1 Chronicles 22:4 advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The first temple-preparation act names the labor and international supply chain beneath projected magnificence. 1 Chronicles 21:28–22:1 has just established this prior movement: David continues sacrificing at Ornan's floor because the angel's sword makes Gibeon inaccessible to him, then declares this site God's house and Israel's altar. Together those details explain why “Foreign residents, artisans, and imported cedar begin preparation” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 22:2–5 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 22:2–5 forms the complete movement “Foreign residents, artisans, and imported cedar begin preparation”: David gathers resident foreigners as stonecutters, prepares metals, receives cedar from Sidon and Tyre, and accumulates materials because Solomon is young.
Verse 2. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
Verse 3. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
Verse 4. 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
Verse 5. 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
What Remains True
Worship requires ordered, truthful, skilled, and accountable service, while sacred office, beauty, or scale never determines a person's worth. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: David gathers resident foreigners as stonecutters, prepares metals, receives cedar from Sidon and Tyre, and accumulates materials because Solomon is young. In 1 Chronicles 22:4, the concrete line “Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.” In shared worship or institutional service, name every role, protect workers, use transparent assignments and finances, and refuse status systems that make inherited office equal superior worth. This response follows from the unit's own movement: David gathers resident foreigners as stonecutters, prepares metals, receives cedar from Sidon and Tyre, and accumulates materials because Solomon is young.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 22:2–5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 22:2–5
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
Supports: Unit-bounded translation comparisons and only those lexical, textual, grammatical, numerical, historical, and parallel-passage notes attached to these verses.
Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 22:2–5, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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