What Does 1 Kings 15:15 Mean in the King James?
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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
What is set apart takes material form: the verse names silver, gold, and vessels entering the house of the LORD.
THE MEANING
What reaches you as an inheritance can stand beside what you set apart yourself; both have a place in the house of the LORD. Dedication takes visible form here in silver, gold, and vessels, rather than remaining an inward intention.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It loosens the belief that what is sacred is only inward or inherited: the verse names tangible things set apart by both a father and his son.
THE ROOT
קָדְשֵׁי
qodshei
GROWS FROM
ק־ד־שׁ
q-d-sh
To be set apart, distinct for a sacred purpose.
The word translated “dedicated” belongs to the same root as “set apart” and “holy.” The verse makes that setting apart tangible: the things themselves are brought into the LORD’s house.
ALSO GROWS
qodesh: That which is set apart as sacred.
קֹדֶשׁ
The dedicated things are instances of qodesh made visible as silver, gold, and vessels.
qadosh: Describes someone or something as belonging to the sacred.
קָדוֹשׁ
It shares the seed of the word translated “dedicated,” showing that dedication and sacredness are joined in Hebrew.
miqdash: A place set apart for the sacred.
מִקְדָּשׁ
The objects enter the LORD’s house, so the verse places what is set apart within a place devoted to God.
THE PATTERN
Dedication becomes visible through what is brought or presented to God.
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.THE THREAD
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,“Holy” in “the holy house” comes from the same q-d-sh root as the things called “dedicated” here. The connection reveals a shared setting apart: the objects are sacred, and they are brought into a house named as sacred.
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