1 chronicles 22 and 23

Read 1 Chronicles 22 and 23 at Bible Gateway.

The Hebrew paragraph divisions:

1 Chr 22:1 {p} David: This is the house of YHVH + the altar of burnt offering for Israel
1 Chr 22:2-4 {p} David prepared workers + materials in abundance to build the house of God
1 Chr 22:5-6 {s} David charged Solomon to build the house of the LORD with exceeding magnificence
1 Chr 22:7-17 {s} David’s charge to Solomon to build the house of the LORD/ David charged the elders of Israel
1 Chr 22:18-19 {p} David’s charge to the elders of Israel to aid Solomon in building the house
1 Chr 23:1-5 {s} David made Solomon king/ gathered elders, priests, Levites of Israel by number for their service
1 Chr 23:6a {s} Also David separated them into divisions
1 Chr 23:6b {s} Among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
1 Chr 23:7 {s} Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei
1 Chr 23:8 {s} The three sons of Laadan
1 Chr 23:9 {s} The three sons of Shimei/These were the heads of fathers’ houses of Laadan
1 Chr 23:10-11 {s} The four sons of Shimei who were heads of father’s houses
1 Chr 23:12 {s} The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all
1 Chr 23:13-14 {s} The sons of Amram were Aaron + Moses/ Aaron set apart, Moses’ sons reckoned with the Levites
1 Chr 23:15-17 {s} The sons of Moses: Gershon and Eliezer, and their sons
1 Chr 23:18-23 {s} The sons Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel + Merari, who were heads of father’s houses
1 Chr 23:24-32 {p} These were the sons of Levi, for the needs of the tabernacle + holy place + Aaron and his sons

The strong themes:

1 Chr 21:9-22:1 {sx5+p} YHVH stayed the plague because His mercy is great/ the place of His mercy is the place of His house
1 Chr 22:2-4 {p} David prepared workers + materials in abundance to build the house of God
1 Chr 22:5-19 {s+s+p} David charged Solomon + the elders of Israel to build the house of YHVH with magnificence
1 Chr 23:1-32 {sx11+p} David set Solomon as king/ set the Levites in divisions to meet the needs of the tabernacle + holy place + Aaron and his sons

Chapters 21-23 form a complex chiastic structure:

1a) 1 Chr 21:1-22:1 {s+p+sx5+p} David numbered Israel/ YHVH revealed the place of His house by His mercy;

1b) 1 Chr 22:2-5, David gathered workmen + materials for the work of building a magnificent house to YHVH;

1c) 1 Chr 22:6a, Then he called for his son Solomon;

1d) 1 Chr 22:6b-17 {s+s} David charged his son Solomon: Arise and build the house;

1a) 1 Chr 22:6b {s} And charged him to build a house for YHVH, God of Israel;
1b) 1 Chr 22:7-11a, David’s desired to build YHVH’s house, but YHVH will be with his son to build it;

1) 1 Chr 22:7-10, David desired to build YHVH’s house;

1a) 1 Chr 22:7-9a, YHVH: You shall not build My house, but your son shall build My house;

1) 1 Chr 22:7-8, David: My son, I desired to build YHVH’s house, but YHVH said, You shall not build My house;
2) 1 Chr 22:9a, Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest;

1b) 1 Chr 22:9b, And I will give him rest from all His enemies all around;
central axis) 1 Chr 22:9c, His name shall be Solomon;
2b) 1 Chr 22:9d, For I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days;
2a) 1 Chr 22:10, He shall build My house + He shall be My son, and I his Father;

1) 1 Chr 22:10a, He shall build a house for My name;
2) 1 Chr 22:10b, He shall be My son + I his Father/ I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever;

2) 1 Chr 22:11a, Now, my son, may YHVH be with you;

1c) 1 Chr 22:11b, And may you prosper;
central axis) 1 Chr 22:11c, And build the house of YHVH your God, as He has said to you;
2c) 1 Chr 22:12-13, You will prosper as you take care to keep the Law of God;

1a) 1 Chr 22:12a, Only may YHVH give you wisdom and understanding;
1b) 1 Chr 22:12b, And give you charge concerning Israel;
1c) 1 Chr 22:12c, That you may keep the Law of YHVH your God;
central axis) 1 Chr 22:13a, Then you will prosper;
2c) 1 Chr 22:13b, If you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments;
2b) 1 Chr 22:13c, With which YHVH charged Moses concerning Israel;
2a) 1 Chr 22:13d, Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed;

2b) 1 Chr 22:14-16, David made preparations for Solomon to build YHVH’s house;

1) 1 Chr 22:14-16a, David made preparations for the house of YHVH;

1a) 1 Chr 22:14, I have prepared gold, silver, bronze, and iron, timber, and stone;
1b) 1 Chr 22:15a, I have prepared workmen in abundance;
central axis) 1 Chr 22:15b, Woodsmen and stonecutters;
2b) 1 Chr 22:15c, And all types of skillful men for every kind of work;
2a) 1 Chr 22:16a, Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit;

2) 1 Chr 22:16b, Arise and begin working, and YHVH be with you;

2a) 1 Chr 22:17 {s} David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son;

1e) 1 Chr 22:18a, David to the leaders of Israel: Is not YHVH your God with you?

central axis) 1 Chr 22:18b, And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before YHVH and before His people;

2e) 1 Chr 22:19a, Therefore set your heart and your soul to seek YHVH your God;

2d) 1 Chr 22:19b {p} David charged the elders of Israel: Arise and build the house;

2c) 1 Chr 23:1, So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel;

2b) 1 Chr 23:2, David gathered the leaders/ priests + Levites who will serve in the house of YHVH;

2a) 1 Chr 23:3-31 {sx11+p} David numbered the Levites + set them in divisions for the work of the house of YHVH.

The phrase that continually repeats, is, “the house of the name of the Lord our God.” Isn’t it interesting that it is house of His name, and not the house of His person? He does not dwell in temples made with hands. But He has placed His name in His house forever. His name, His personal name, is represented in English Bibles as LORD, all in caps (or GOD all in caps), standing in for the tetragrammaton of YHVH found in the Hebrew Scriptures. His personal name, in the ancient Hebrew pictographs, is:

yod + hey + vav + hey,

Or the hand + the man with his arms upraised in wonder or worship + the tent peg + the man with his arms upraised.

In other words, The hand – Behold! The nail – Behold! “Look upon My love and mercy for you, as expressed in the crucifixion of Messiah Yeshua upon the cross,” is the story the ancient pictographs are painting of YHVH.

The place of YHVH’s name (Look upon My mercy) is the place where the sword of the destroying angel was stayed, the place where His mercy was exercised. It is the place where the altar of burnt offering was built, which David charged Solomon to build. The place where sacrifices for sin were brought, so that sins could be atoned for. When Yeshua came to fulfill the meaning of YHVH’s name, His sacrifice for sin was once for all, therefore after His death and resurrection the Temple was destroyed, and has not been built since.

However, Messiah Yeshua is fulfilling the word of the LORD to David, for He is the Son who is building the house for YHVH’s name, the third temple (Joh 2:19-21) out of living stones (1 Pet 2:4-6), Messiah Yeshua Himself being the chief cornerstone (Mat 21:42). The Hebrew Scriptures are teaching us, by prophetic type and example, that as His name, YHVH, means, Look upon My mercy, built upon the place of the exercise of His mercy, so let the temple of His body (me and you!) shine forth the greatness of YHVH’s mercy to every nation around about!