1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. Ver. 1. _This is the house._] This is that very place foretold by Moses. Deu 12:11... [ Continue Reading ]
Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. Ver. 1. _This is the house._] This is that very place foretold by Moses. Deu 12:11... [ Continue Reading ]
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. Ver. 2. _To gather together the strangers._] A notable type of the calling of the Gentiles: and the like we may say of the temple's being built... [ Continue Reading ]
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; Ver. 3. _And David prepared iron in abundance, &c._] Many parents prepare guilt in abundance, hoards and heaps of evil gotten goods - and there with God's curs... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. Ver. 5. _Must be exc... [ Continue Reading ]
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. Ver. 8. _Thou hast shed much blood upon tho earth in my sight,_] _i.e., _ _Me sciente et... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. Ver. 9. _For his name shall be Solomon,_] _i.e., _ Peaceable: so Frederic, Solyman... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I [will be] his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. Ver. 10. _See Trapp on "_ 2Sa 7:13 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Sa 7:14 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. Ver. 11. _The Lord be with thee; and prosper thou._] This is both _votura et vaticinium,_ a prayer and a promise.... [ Continue Reading ]
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. Ver. 12. _Only the Lord give thee wisdom._] Solomon remembered what his father had prayed, and prayed himself accordingly. 1 Kings 3:9 _; _ 1Ki 3:12 _ And gi... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. Ver. 14. _Now, behol... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. Ver. 16. _There is no number._] See 1 Chronicles 22:14 . _ Arise therefore, and be doing._] Up and at it, laying hold on the opportunity of time, which is, saith... [ Continue Reading ]
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying], Ver. 17. _David also commanded all the princes._] This he did out of his holy zeal, which is an extreme heat of all the affections.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 22:18 [Is] not the LORD your God with you? and hath he [not] given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. Ver. 18. _Is not the Lord your God with you?_] This is his συμπερασμα... [ Continue Reading ]