In this video listen to 1 Chronicles Chapter 28, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In 1 Chronicles 28 we have David conducting a final handing over to Solomon speech. In 1 Chronicles 22 we had a private speech from David to Solomon, but now we have a public speech in front of the entire nation. This makes everything said official, but it also makes what is commanded a requirement of the new leader, which everyone knows. So the legitimacy of Solomon’s reign is connected to doing the things David says here.

This is in a type of way, an ordination process.

Here we learn that the plans for the temple were given to David by the Spirit, so in a similar way that Moses got the plans for the tabernacle from God, these plans come from God too.

The pattern here is the same pattern as the tabernacle, a series of th ...