1 Chronicles 28:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He shall build. — Better, he it is that shall build. The pronoun is emphatic: he, and not thou.

I have chosen him.... his father. — Literally, I have chosen him for myself as a son, and I — I will become to him a father.

1 Chronicles 28:6

6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.