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Verse 1 Chronicles 29:15. _FOR WE_ ARE _STRANGERS_] We have here
neither _right_ nor _property_.
_AND SOJOURNERS_] Lodging as it were for a _night_, in the mansion of
another.
AS WERE _ALL OUR FATHE...
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CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL WORDS AND ACTIONS OF DAVID AND HIS DEATH
_ 1. The exhortation (1 Chronicles 29:1)_
2. The response (1 Chronicles 29:6)
3. David's praise and prayer (1 Chronicles 29:10)
4. The...
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RESPONSE TO DAVIDS APPEAL FOR OFFERINGS: HIS THANKSGIVING AND DEATH.
1 Chronicles 29:1. _Cf._ Exodus 35:4; Exodus 35:20.
1 Chronicles 29:1. the palace: the Hebrew word occurs only in the
later OT bo...
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WE ARE STRANGERS. Compare Psalms 39:12; Psalms 119:19.
NONE ABIDING. no hope of continuance....
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The Blessing of David
11. _thine_is _the kingdom, O LORD, and_thou _art exalted as head
above all_ Render, THINE, IS THE KINGDOM, O LORD, AND THINE IT IS TO
BE EXALTED AS HEAD OVER ALL....
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DISCOURSE: 392
SAINTS STRANGERS ON EARTH
1 Chronicles 29:15. _We are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as
were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there
is none abiding_....
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26. GIFTS AND THANKSGIVING (1 Chronicles 29:1-25)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 29:1. And David the king said unto all the assembly,
Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender,
and the w...
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_THINE, O LORD, IS THE GREATNESS, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, AND
THE VICTORY, AND THE MAJESTY: FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE HEAVEN AND IN THE
EARTH IS THINE; THINE IS THE KINGDOM, O LORD, AND THOU ART EX...
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DAVID'S OFFERINGS, THANKSGIVING, AND DEATH
1. The palace] The word in the original is more strictly applicable to
the fortress which was attached to the Second Temple (Nehemiah 2:8)
and afterwards ca...
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 29
GIFTS TO BUILD THE *TEMPLE – 1 CHRONICLES 29:1-9
V1 Then King David spoke to all the people who were there. ‘...
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FOR WE ARE STRANGERS BEFORE THEE, AND SOJOURNERS. — Psalms 39:12.
OUR DAYS ON THE EARTH ARE AS A (the) SHADOW. — Job 8:9; Psalms
144:4.
AND THERE IS NONE ABIDING. — Rather, _and there is no hope;_ n...
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כִּֽי ־גֵרִ֨ים אֲנַ֧חְנוּ לְ פָנֶ֛יךָ
וְ תֹושָׁבִ֖ים כְּ כָל ־אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ
כַּ † צֵּ֧ל ׀ יָמֵ֛ינוּ...
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THE LAST PRAYER OF DAVID
1 Chronicles 29:10
IN order to do justice to the chronicler's method of presenting us
with a number of very similar illustrations of the same principle, we
have in the previ...
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This is the account of the final stage in the greatest work of David's
life, namely, his preparation for building the Temple. The king had a
treasure of his own, over and above what he had gathered fo...
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For we [are] (i) strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all
our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is]
none abiding.
(i) Therefore we have this land loaned to us f...
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_Strangers. We have nothing but what we have received from thee; and
for how short a time! (Calmet) --- No stay. Hebrew, "none abiding,
(Haydock; or) no hope" of being able to escape death, (Calmet) w...
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Nothing can be more sweet, more interesting, more expressive. He first
begins in blessing. Who so worthy to be praised as the Lord, as he is
in himself? What so suitable for man to offer as praise for...
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_‘AS A SHADOW LIFE IS FLEETING’_
‘Our days on the earth are as a shadow.’
1 Chronicles 29:15
I. THE SHADOW IS A FIT EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE.—From the hour it falls
on the dial it moves round the litt...
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God would also associate the people with David in this willing service
of the day of His power; and, even as they had been associated with
him in his wars and conflicts, there are those who shall be s...
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FOR WE ARE STRANGERS BEFORE THEE, AND SOJOURNERS, AS WERE ALL OUR
FATHERS,.... For though they were in possession of the land of Canaan,
yet they held it not in their own right, but as the Lord's,
WH...
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_For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our
fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none
abiding._
Ver. 15. _For we are strangers before thee, and...
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_For we are strangers before thee_, &c. Poor, despicable creatures.
The land which we possess is thine, not ours; we are not the
proprietors, but only thy tenants: and as our fathers once were mere
st...
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1 Dauid by his example and intreatie,
6 causeth the Princes and people to offer willingly.
10 Dauids thankesgiuing and prayer.
20 The people hauing blessed God and sacrificed, make Solomon King.
2...
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David's Thanksgiving...
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ABIDING:
_ Heb._ expectation...
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10-19 We cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple,
and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and
silver were employed. But the unsearchable riches of Christ ex...
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These words may contain a reason, either,
1. Of the first clause of 1 CHRONICLES 29:14, _Who am I_ &c., i.e.
what mean and contemptible creatures are we, and how unworthy of so
high a favour! _for_,...
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1 Chronicles 29:15 aliens H1616 pilgrims H8453 before H6440 fathers H1
days H3117 earth H776 shadow H6738 hope H4723
For we - Genesis 47:9; Psalms 39:12, Psalms 119:19; Hebrews 11:13-16;...
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1 Chronicles 29:15
The shadow is a fit emblem of human life. From the hour it falls on
the dial it moves round the little circle until the sun sinks, when in
a moment it is gone. A few hours past, an...
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CONTENTS: David exhorts the people. The princes and people willingly
offer. David's thanksgiving and prayer. Solomon made king. David's
death.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon, Zadok.
CONCLUSION: Tho...
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1 Chronicles 29:2. _Marble._ The LXX read Parian marble; that is,
marble from the isle of Paros, or white marble. They knew this by
documents of authority.
1 Chronicles 29:29. _The book of Samuel._ S...
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_Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation._
THE LAST THANKSGIVING
Every sentence weighed and measured for the occasion.
I. The infinite perfections of God.
1. God in His unspea...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 29:10 David’s great prayer of
praise and his humble request marks the high point of his reign. David
says that God examines the human heart for UPRIGHTNESS, that is,...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] We have in this chapter contributions of the princes
to the temple (1 Chronicles 29:1); the public thanksgiving of David (1
Chronicles 29:10); David’s prayer for Solomon (1 Chronicles...
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EXPOSITION
1 CHRONICLES 29:1
These verses continue the account of what David said to the whole
congregation, respecting his son Solomon and his tender age in view of
the great enterprise of building...
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Furthermore David the king said unto the congregation, Solomon my son,
whom God had chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great:
for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. Now I h...
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1 Peter 2:11; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Genesis 47:9; Hebrews 11:13; Isaiah
40:6; James 4:14; Job 14:2; Psalms 102:11; Psalms 119:19; Psalms 144:4
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Strangers — For the land which we possess is thine, not ours; we are
not the proprietors but only thy tenants: and as our fathers once were
mere strangers in it, even before men, so we at this day are...