1 Chronicles 29:2
My might — Work for God must be done with all our might, or we shall bring nothing to pass in it.... [ Continue Reading ]
My might — Work for God must be done with all our might, or we shall bring nothing to pass in it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of Ophir — The best and purest gold. The walls — The walls of the temple with God, and of the rooms adjoining to it, with silver beaten out into plates.... [ Continue Reading ]
To consecrate — To offer an offering, as I have done. Heb. To fill his hand unto the Lord. They that engage themselves in the service of God, will have their hands full: there is work enough for the whole man in that service.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoiced — Because this was both an effect of God's grace in them, an eminent token of God's favour to them, and a pledge that this long — desired work, would receive a certain and speedy accomplishment. Great joy — To see the work, which his heart was so much set upon, likely to go on. It is a grea... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed, &c. — David was now full of days, and near his end, and it well becomes the aged children of God, to have their hearts much enlarged in praise and thanksgiving. The nearer we come to the land of everlasting praise, the more we should speak the language, and do the work of that world.... [ Continue Reading ]
To offer — That thou shouldest give us both riches to make such an offering, and a willing heart to offer them, both which are the gifts and the fruits of thy good grace and mercy to us. Of thine — We return only what we have received, and therefore only pay a debt to thee. The more we do for God, t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 no better before thee, having no absolute right in it, but only to travel through it, and sojourn i... [ Continue Reading ]
All thine own — In like manner we ought to acknowledge God in all spiritual things: referring every good thought, good desire, and good work to his grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of Abraham, &c. — A God in covenant with them, and with us for their sakes. Keep forever — Since it is from thy grace that thy people have such willing minds, continue that grace to them, that they may persist in the same generous disposition towards thee and thy worship. Prepare — Or, rather, confi... [ Continue Reading ]
Worshipped — The Lord with religious, and the king with civil worship.... [ Continue Reading ]
The second time — The first time, was when he was made king during Adonijah's conspiracy. And Zadok — It must be remembered that the high — priest had his viceregent who might officiate in his stead. So that this action of theirs, the anointing Zadok, did not, actually constitute him high — priest,... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the Lord — On the throne of Israel, which is called the throne of the Lord, because the Lord himself was in a peculiar manner the king and governor of Israel. He had the founding, he had the filling of their throne, by immediate direction.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus, &c. — This sacred writer having mentioned the anointing of Solomon and upon that occasion proceeded to give a farther account of Solomon's actual settlement in his kingdom, returns to his main business, to give an account of the close of David's reign and life. He here brings him to the end of... [ Continue Reading ]
Riches and honour — That is, he had enough of this world, and of the riches of and honour of it; and he knew when he had enough. He was satisfied with it, and very willing to go to a better place.... [ Continue Reading ]
The book — In the chronicles of the kingdom, which were written by Nathan and Gad, who were not only prophets, but historiographers out of which either they or some other prophets took by the direction of God's spirit such passages, as were most important and useful for the church in succeeding ages... [ Continue Reading ]
The times — The changes which befel him; both his troubles, and his successes, the word time or times being often put for things done or happening in them. The countries — Bordering upon the land of Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]