_FURTHERMORE DAVID THE KING SAID UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION, SOLOMON MY SON, WHOM ALONE GOD HATH CHOSEN, IS YET YOUNG AND TENDER, AND THE WORK IS GREAT: FOR THE PALACE IS NOT FOR MAN, BUT FOR THE LORD GOD._ Solomon ... is yet young and tender. His father made this address before Solomon was endowed... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW I HAVE PREPARED WITH ALL MY MIGHT FOR THE HOUSE OF MY GOD THE GOLD FOR THINGS TO BE MADE OF GOLD, AND THE SILVER FOR THINGS OF SILVER, AND THE BRASS FOR THINGS OF BRASS, THE IRON FOR THINGS OF IRON, AND WOOD FOR THINGS OF WOOD; ONYX STONES, AND STONES TO BE SET, GLISTERING STONES, AND OF DIVERS... [ Continue Reading ]
_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,_ Moreover ... I have of mine own proper good, х_ CªGULAAH_ (H5459)]. Its prim... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN THREE THOUSAND TALENTS OF GOLD, OF THE GOLD OF OPHIR, AND SEVEN THOUSAND TALENTS OF REFINED SILVER, TO OVERLAY THE WALLS OF THE HOUSES WITHAL:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GOLD FOR THINGS OF GOLD, AND THE SILVER FOR THINGS OF SILVER, AND FOR ALL MANNER OF WORK TO BE MADE BY THE HANDS OF ARTIFICERS. AND WHO THEN IS WILLING TO CONSECRATE HIS SERVICE THIS DAY UNTO THE LORD?_ Who then is willing to consecrate his service? х_ LªMALO'OWT_ (H4390) _ YAADOW_ (H3027)] -... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS AND PRINCES OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, AND THE CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS AND OF HUNDREDS, WITH THE RULERS OF THE KING'S WORK, OFFERED WILLINGLY,_ Then the chief of the fathers - or heads of the fathers (1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 27:1). PRINCES OF THE TRIBES (1 Chro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GAVE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD OF GOLD FIVE THOUSAND TALENTS AND TEN THOUSAND DRAMS, AND OF SILVER TEN THOUSAND TALENTS, AND OF BRASS EIGHTEEN THOUSAND TALENTS, AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TALENTS OF IRON._ Drams - rather, darics, a Persian coin, with which the Jews, from the time of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WITH WHOM PRECIOUS STONES WERE FOUND GAVE THEM TO THE TREASURE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, BY THE HAND OF JEHIEL THE GERSHONITE._ And they with whom precious stones were found - rather, 'whatever was found along with it of precious stones they gave' (Bertheau). These gifts were deposited in... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE PEOPLE REJOICED, FOR THAT THEY OFFERED WILLINGLY, BECAUSE WITH PERFECT HEART THEY OFFERED WILLINGLY TO THE LORD: AND DAVID THE KING ALSO REJOICED WITH GREAT JOY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE DAVID BLESSED THE LORD BEFORE ALL THE CONGREGATION: AND DAVID SAID, BLESSED BE THOU, LORD GOD OF ISRAEL OUR FATHER, FOR EVER AND EVER._ Wherefore David blessed the Lord. This is a beautiful thanksgiving prayer. Its piety is displayed in the fervour of devotional feeling-in the ascription... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 EXALTED AS HEAD ABOVE ALL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_O LORD OUR GOD, ALL THIS STORE THAT WE HAVE PREPARED TO BUILD THEE AN HOUSE FOR THINE HOLY NAME COMETH OF THINE HAND, AND IS ALL THINE OWN._ All this store that we have prepared. We shall give in this table only the amount of gold and silver; and taking the talent of gold as worth 5,475 British po... [ Continue Reading ]
_I KNOW ALSO, MY GOD, THAT THOU TRIEST THE HEART, AND HAST PLEASURE IN UPRIGHTNESS. AS FOR ME, IN THE UPRIGHTNESS OF MINE HEART I HAVE WILLINGLY OFFERED ALL THESE THINGS: AND NOW HAVE I SEEN WITH JOY THY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE PRESENT HERE, TO OFFER WILLINGLY UNTO THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verse... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO ALL THE CONGREGATION, NOW BLESS THE LORD YOUR GOD. AND ALL THE CONGREGATION BLESSED THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS, AND BOWED DOWN THEIR HEADS, AND WORSHIPPED THE LORD, AND THE KING._ Worshipped the Lord, and the king. Though the external attitude might be the same, the sentiments... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SACRIFICED SACRIFICES UNTO THE LORD, AND OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD, ON THE MORROW AFTER THAT DAY, EVEN A THOUSAND BULLOCKS, A THOUSAND RAMS, AND A THOUSAND LAMBS, WITH THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS, AND SACRIFICES IN ABUNDANCE FOR ALL ISRAEL:_ They sacrificed. Hecatombs of burst offer... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DID EAT AND DRINK BEFORE THE LORD ON THAT DAY WITH GREAT GLADNESS. AND THEY MADE SOLOMON THE SON OF DAVID KING THE SECOND TIME, AND ANOINTED HIM UNTO THE LORD TO BE THE CHIEF GOVERNOR, AND ZADOK TO_ _ BE PRIEST._ And did eat and drink before the Lord - either in the immediate vicinity of the a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SOLOMON SAT ON THE THRONE OF THE LORD AS KING INSTEAD OF DAVID HIS FATHER, AND PROSPERED; AND ALL ISRAEL OBEYED HIM._ Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. As king of Israel, he was the Lord's vicegerent. When David was appointed successor to Saul, he was employed merely as Yahweh's deputy ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE PRINCES, AND THE MIGHTY MEN, AND ALL THE SONS LIKEWISE OF KING DAVID, SUBMITTED THEMSELVES UNTO SOLOMON THE KING._ Submitted themselves, х_ NAATªNUW_ (H5414) _ YAAD_ (H3027)] - put their hands under Solomon, according to the custom still practiced in the East, of putting a hand under t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD MAGNIFIED SOLOMON EXCEEDINGLY IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL, AND BESTOWED UPON HIM SUCH ROYAL MAJESTY AS HAD NOT BEEN ON ANY KING BEFORE HIM IN ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS DAVID THE SON OF JESSE REIGNED OVER ALL ISRAEL._ Thus David ... reigned - (see 1 Kings 2:11.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE TIME THAT HE REIGNED OVER ISRAEL WAS FORTY YEARS; SEVEN YEARS REIGNED HE IN HEBRON, AND THIRTY AND THREE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE ACTS OF DAVID THE KING, FIRST AND LAST, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL THE SEER, AND IN THE BOOK OF NATHAN THE PROPHET, AND IN THE BOOK OF GAD THE SEER,_ Samuel the seer ... Nathan the prophet, and ... Gad the seer. The three words, Roeh, Nabi, and Chozeh, are here brought... [ Continue Reading ]