1 Chronicles 29 in the early church
[LXX: 1 Paralipomenon; Vulgate: 1 Paralipomenon]
12 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Chronicles 29, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 4 · 11 · 14 · 15 · 29
1 Chronicles 29:1
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:1–5 | Commentary on John 10.258 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| 1 Chr 29:1 | Preparation for the Gospel 9.30.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
1 Chronicles 29:2
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:2 | Preparation for the Gospel 9.30.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
1 Chronicles 29:4
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:4 | Commentary on Matthew 14.10 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 246–248 |
1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:11 | Ancoratus 37.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, low confidence | 374 |
1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:14 | On Naboth 67 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| 1 Chr 29:14 | Letter 15 · Firmus of Caesarea | echo, low confidence | early fifth century |
| 1 Chr 29:14 | Commonitorium 1.61–90 · Orientius of Auch | echo, low confidence | ca. 420-450 |
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:15 | PG 12:1385 (Ps 38 LXX) · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 1 Chr 29:15 | Homilies on Psalms 36-38 9.11 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Chr 29:15 | Hexameron (Exameron) 6.51 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-390 |
1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Chr 29:29 | City of God 18.38 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | 413–426 |