1 Chronicles 29:1

1 Chronicles 29:1-5. David's Challenge to Liberality

1. Furthermore David R.V. And David.

congregation or, assembly; the Hebrew word is cognate to the verb translated assembledin 1 Chronicles 28:1.

whom alone God hath chosen Cp. 1 Chronicles 28:5.

the palace Hebrew, bîrâh, a word applied to the Temple only here and 1 Chronicles 29:19. in Nehemiah 2:8 (cp. Ryle in loco) the building which afterwards became the Tower of Antonia (ἡ παρεμβολὴ, the castle, Acts 21:37; Acts 22:24) which overlooked the Temple is called the castle(bîrâh) which appertaineth to the house. In Nehemiah 1:1 Shushan is described as a bîrâh, probably as being a fortress as well as a royal city.

The Temple is frequently called hçykâl(palace, great house) in the Old Testament, but the most frequent appellation is simply bayith(house).