What Does 1 Chronicles 28:10 Mean in the King James?
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The command to “be strong” is joined to the work itself: the house gives what is set apart a dwelling.
THE MEANING
You are addressed as chosen for work that gives what is set apart a dwelling. Strength is joined to action: the work becomes tangible as you carry it out.
THE ROOT
חֲזַק
ḥazaq
GROWS FROM
חזק
ḥ-z-q
To be firm or strong; in other forms, to strengthen or hold fast.
English can make “be strong” sound like an inward feeling; חזק (ḥ-z-q, firmness or strength) also forms verbs for strengthening and taking hold. Here, strength is bound to the action that follows: “be strong, and do it.”
ALSO GROWS
ḥāzaq: Be strong; become firm.
חָזַק
This is the verb at the heart of the command in the verse.
ḥizzēq: Strengthen; make firm.
חִזֵּק
The same root can describe making something stronger, not only feeling strong.
heḥĕzîq: Hold fast; take hold.
הֶחֱזִיק
This branch connects strength with maintaining a firm hold on the work.
מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdāsh
GROWS FROM
קדש
q-d-sh
To set apart; to dedicate as sacred.
The sanctuary word grows from the same root as “set apart.” The house is not just a structure; its purpose is to give a dwelling to what is dedicated.
ALSO GROWS
qādōsh: Set apart; holy.
קָדוֹשׁ
This is the familiar description of what belongs to the sacred.
qōdesh: Set-apartness; holiness; a sacred place.
קֹדֶשׁ
This branch shows the shared root directly: the sanctuary is a place marked out as set apart.
qiddēsh: Set apart; dedicate.
קִדֵּשׁ
This verb names the act of dedicating something to a sacred purpose.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling for God’s presence takes form through human participation.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.THE THREAD
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.The word מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdāsh, sanctuary) in Chronicles and קֹדֶשׁ (qōdesh, holiness) in Exodus share the root קדש (q-d-sh, set apart). Exodus shows a place set apart before a house is built; the house serves that sacred presence rather than creating it.
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