1 Chronicles 22:1
_Then_ The word refers back to 1 Chronicles 21:28, _At that time_. _David said_ The king acts in conformity with the law contained in Deuteronomy 12:5-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then_ The word refers back to 1 Chronicles 21:28, _At that time_. _David said_ The king acts in conformity with the law contained in Deuteronomy 12:5-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
David's Preparations for Building the Temple 2. _the strangers_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 2:17; 2 Chronicles 8:7 … 9 (R.V.). Hewing of stone was regarded as task-work unit for free men. _wrought stones_ All the stone used for the building of the Temple was previously cut to the right size; cp. 1 Kings 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the joinings_ R.V. THE COUPLINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Zidonians and they of Tyre_ Cp. 1 Kings 5:1-6 (15 20, Heb.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_exceeding magnifical_ The Temple took seven years in building, and it was richly overlaid with gold, but its proportions were small, viz., about 90 ft. × 45 ft. × 30 ft. Some have regarded it as merely the king's private chapel, but its small proportions do not of themselves prove this view to be c... [ Continue Reading ]
David's Charge to Solomon 7. _said to Solomon, My son_ R.V. SAID TO SOLOMON HIS SON (so C'thîb); A.V. follows the K'rî. _unto the name_ Cp. Deuteronomy 12:5; 2 Samuel 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast shed blood abundantly_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 28:3; in 1 Kings 5:3 Solomon tells Hiram that David wished to build a temple, but was hindered from his design by war.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will give him rest_ Cp. 1 Kings 5:4. The promise here made is of a period of peace sufficiently long for the work of Temple-building. Solomon's reign was not wholly peaceful; cp. 1 Kings 11:14; 1Ki 11:23; 1 Kings 11:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
_for ever_ Cp. 2 Samuel 7:13-16.... [ Continue Reading ]
_wisdom_ R.V. DISCRETION.... [ Continue Reading ]
_be strong, and of good courage_ Cp. Joshua 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in my trouble_ Render with R.V. marg. IN MY LOW ESTATE. LXX. κατὰ τὴν πτωχείαν μου. _an hundred thousand talents_of _gold, and a thousand thousand talents_of _silver_ This sum is incredibly large. In 1 Kings 10:14 it is told in illustration of the wealth of Solomon a wealthier king than David that... [ Continue Reading ]
_all manner of cunning men for every_manner of _work_ R.V. ALL MEN THAT ARE CUNNING IN ANY MANNER OF WORK.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Arise_therefore] R.V. omits _therefore_.... [ Continue Reading ]
David's Charge to the Princes 18. _the inhabitants of the land_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:4, _the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land_. The remnant of the earlier inhabitants of Canaan is meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and the holy vessels of God_ Cp. 1 Kings 8:4. CHAPTER 23 Ch. 1 Chronicles 23:1. Solomon made King The summary statement of the Chronicler ignores the struggle between the party of Solomon and the party of Adonijah for the throne. Cp. 1Ch 29:22-24; 1 Kings 1:5-53.... [ Continue Reading ]