“Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Chronicles 22 contains 19 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.