What Does 1 Chronicles 18:11 Mean?
Them also King David set apart to the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations, from Edom and from Moab and from the sons of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.
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King James Version
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.THE KEY
The wealth changes allegiance through a verb of setting apart, while the verse leaves its source fully visible.
THE MEANING
The verse holds the source and the setting apart together: silver and gold gathered from named peoples are dedicated unto the LORD. Dedication changes what the wealth is for and whom it belongs to, while its origin remains named.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Setting something apart erases where it came from; the verse names the peoples behind the silver and gold even as it names their dedication.
THE ROOT
הִקְדִּישׁ
hiqdish
GROWS FROM
קדש
q-d-sh
Set apart as sacred; consecrate.
The verb comes from the root for what is set apart as sacred. The same root names the set-apart quality and the sanctuary, so dedication opens into a whole sphere of belonging, not merely a label. The verse still names the peoples from whom the wealth came.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart; sacred.
קָדוֹשׁ
The same root describes the status of what is dedicated, showing that the act changes how the wealth is regarded.
qodesh: The sacred; holiness.
קֹדֶשׁ
This names what belongs to the set-apart sphere, revealing dedication as a change of status and belonging.
miqdash: Sanctuary; sacred place.
מִקְדָּשׁ
The same root names a place set apart, giving the idea of dedication a material and spatial expression.
THE PATTERN
What is set apart is assigned to the LORD’s service while its substance and origin remain visible.
And they came, every one whose heart lifted him, and every one whom his breath made free-hearted, and they brought the LORD's lifted offering for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its serving, and for the set-apart garments.So was finished all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had set apart, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and he set them among the storehouses of the house of the LORD.Therefore I urge you, brothers, through the compassions of God, to set your bodies beside God as a living sacrifice, set apart, well-pleasing to him, which is your true service.THE THREAD
Out of the plunder taken in battles did they set apart, to strengthen the house of the LORD.The same Hebrew verb for dedicating appears here, and the source is again the spoils of battle. This verse shows where such set-apart wealth goes: toward maintaining the house of the LORD.
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