1 Chronicles 29:1 (YLT)

Passage

And David the king saith to all the assembly, `Solomon my son--the one on whom God hath fixed--<FI> is<Fi> young and tender, and the work <FI>is<Fi> great, for not for man is the palace, but for Jehovah God;

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:1 And David the king saith to all the assembly, `Solomon my son--the one on whom God hath fixed--<FI> is<Fi> young and tender, and the work <FI>is<Fi> great, for not for man is the palace, but for Jehovah God;

1 Chronicles 29:2 and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for <FI>things of<Fi> gold, and the silver for <FI>those of<Fi> silver, and the brass for <FI>those of<Fi> brass, the iron for <FI>those of<Fi> iron, and the wood for <FI>those of<Fi> wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all <FI>kinds of<Fi> precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.

1 Chronicles 29:3 `And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have--a peculiar treasure of gold and silver--I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "david", "king", "saith", "assembly", "solomon", "son--the", "hath", and "fixed--". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "david" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "and with all my power I have...", so "david" and "king" should be read forward into that movement. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "david" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.