David once prayed for Solomon:
1 Chronicles 29:18-19
King James Version
18 O Lord God of Abraham,
Isaac, and of Israel,
our fathers,
keep this for ever in the imagination
of the thoughts of the heart of thy people,
and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart,
to keep thy commandments,
thy testimonies, and thy statutes,
and to do all these things,
and to build the palace,
for the which I have made provision.
What a rich history between king David and his son, Solomon.
And how GOD loved both so much!
Anointing both, to be king.
One was a man of war.
The other, a "man of rest".
David ruled for 40 years.
Solomon ruled for 40 years, too.
Solomon was charged to build the HOUSE for GOD.
1 Chronicles 22:5-6
King James Version
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.
6 Then he called for Solomon his son,
and charged him to build an house
for the Lord God of Israel.
King David couldn't build the house for this reason.
1 Chronicles 22:7-8
King James Version
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:
8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Thou hast shed blood abundantly,
and hast made great wars:
thou shalt not build an house unto my name,
because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth
in my sight.
In place of David, a son was prophesied to build GOD's temple.
Solomon was his name.
1 Chronicles 22:9-10
King James Version
9 Behold,
a son shall be born to thee,
who shall be a man of rest;
and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about:
for his name shall be Solomon,
and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name;
and he shall be my son,
and I will be his father;
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom
over Israel for ever.
David blesses Solomon.
1 Chronicles 22:11-16
King James Version
11 Now, my son,
the Lord be with thee;
and prosper thou,
and build the house of the Lord thy God,
as he hath said of thee.
12 Only the Lord give thee
wisdom and understanding,
and give thee charge concerning Israel,
that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.
13 Then 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.
14 Now, behold,
in my trouble
I have prepared for the house of the Lord
an hundred thousand talents of gold,
and a thousand thousand talents of silver;
and of brass and iron without weight;
for it is in abundance:
timber also and stone have I prepared;
and thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance,
hewers and workers of stone and timber,
and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron,
there is no number.
Arise therefore,
and be doing,
and the Lord be with thee.
He also commands all his princes to help Solomon.
1 Chronicles 22:17-19
King James Version
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel
to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the Lord your God with you?
and hath he not given you rest on every side?
for he hath given the inhabitants of the land
into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the Lord,
and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soul
to seek the Lord your God;
arise therefore,
and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God,
to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and the holy vessels of God,
into the house that is to be built
to the name of the Lord.
At his deathbed, David told Solomon:
1 Kings 2:2-12
King James Version
2 I go the way of all the earth:
be thou strong therefore,
and shew thyself a man;
3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God,
to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes,
and his commandments, and his judgments,
and his testimonies,
as it is written in the law of Moses,
that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest,
and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4 That the Lord may continue his word
which he spake concerning me, saying,
If thy children take heed to their way,
to walk before me in truth
with all their heart and with all their soul,
there shall not fail thee
(said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab
the son of Zeruiah did to me,
and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel,
unto Abner the son of Ner,
and unto Amasa the son of Jether,
whom he slew,
and shed the blood of war in peace,
and put the blood of war
upon his girdle that was about his loins,
and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom,
and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai
the Gileadite,
and let them be of those that eat at thy table:
for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And, behold,
thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera,
a Benjamite of Bahurim,
which cursed me with a grievous curse
in the day when I went to Mahanaim:
but he came down to meet me at Jordan,
and I sware to him by the Lord, saying,
I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless:
for thou art a wise man,
and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him;
but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel
were forty years:
seven years reigned he in Hebron,
and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father;
and his kingdom was established greatly.
Two great kings.
One loved nation.
ONE, GREAT GOD.
What a magnificent story!
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