16Of 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.
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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.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-16)Though Solomon was young and tender, he was capable of receiving instructions, which his father accordingly gave him, concerning the work for which he was designed. When David came to the throne he had many things to do, for the foundations were all out of course; but Solomon had only one thing in charge, and that was to build a house for the Lord God of Israel , 1 Chron. 22:6. Now, I. David tells…
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