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1 Chronicles 28:5

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And out of all my sons (because the LORD has given me many sons), he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD's kingdom over Israel.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

David is explaining that God specifically chose his son Solomon, out of all his sons, to be the next king of Israel.

📚 Historical Context

This is King David speaking to the leaders of Israel near the end of his life, formally announcing that Solomon would succeed him as king. David had multiple wives and many sons, but God had specifically chosen Solomon to continue the royal line and build the temple that David had planned but was not permitted to construct himself.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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