7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God:
7 David said to Solomon: "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God.
7 David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.
7 David said to Solomon, "I wanted in the worst way to build a sanctuary to honor my God.
7 And David said to Solomon: "My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God;
7 "My son, I wanted to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God," David told him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 22:7
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 22:6-16
(Read 1 Chronicles 22:6-16)
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's gracious promises should quicken and strengthen our religious service. David delivered to Solomon an account of the vast preparations he had made for this building; not from pride and vain-glory, but to encourage Solomon to engage cheerfully in the great work. He must not think, by building the temple, to purchase a dispensation to sin; on the contrary, his doing that would not be accepted, if he did not take heed to fulfil the statutes of the Lord. In our spiritual work, as well as in our spiritual warfare, we have need of courage and resolution.