18 Is not the Lord your God with you, and hath given you rest on every side? for he hath given the [a]inhabitants of the land into mine hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

19 Now set [b]your hearts and your souls to seek the Lord your God, and arise, and build the Sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God into the house built for the Name of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:18 The nations round about.
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:19 For else he knew that God would plague them, and not prosper their labor, except they sought with all their hearts to set forth his glory.

18 He said to them, “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest(A) on every side?(B) For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people. 19 Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God.(C) Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.”

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