King James Version
1 Chronicles 22
19 verses with commentary
Preparations for the Temple
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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XXII.
(1) **Then.**—*And.*
**This is the house.**—Better, *This is a house of Jehovah, the* (true) *God, and this* (is) *an altar of burnt offering for Israel.* The verse resumes the narrative suspended at 1Chronicles 21:28. The place of the apparition is called “a house of God,” as in Genesis 28:17. Obviously, we have here the goal of the entire narrative of the census, and the pestilence, which ...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(2-5) David gathers craftsmen, and accumulates materials for building the house of God.
(2) **And David commanded to gather together the strangers.**—The word rendered “to gather together” (*kānas*) is different from the terms used in 1Chronicles 15:3-4; 1Chronicles 19:7, and is late in this sense.
**The strangers** (*gêrîm*)*.—*Sojourners, or resident foreigners, such as Israel had been in Egypt ...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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;
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(3) **For the** **nails.**—*Mismĕrîm* happens to occur only in the later books of the Old Testament, but may well be an ancient word. (Comp. the Assyrian *asmarê *“spears,” which derives from the same root.)
**For the doors of the** **gates.**—he doors were to be what we call folding-doors (1Kings 6:34-35).
**For the joinings.**—Literally, *things that couple,* or *connect* (feminine participle): ...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →Also cedar trees in abundance : for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(4) **Also cedar trees in abundance.**—Literally, *and beams or logs of cedars without number.* A rhetorical exaggeration, like that which we have just noted. (See also 1Chronicles 14:1.)
**The Zidonians and they of Tyra** (*i.e.,* the Phoenicians) **brought much cedar wood**—i.e., in the way of ordinary commerce, to barter them for supplies of grain, wine, oil, and other products of the soil, whi...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(5) **Solomon my son is young and tender**—*i.e.,* an inexperienced young man. David repeats the expression (1Chronicles 29:1); and it is applied to Rehoboam (2Chronicles 13:7) at the age of forty-one. The word here rendered “young,” literally, “youth” (*na’ar*)*,* is even more vague than the Latin *adolescens.* It may mean a new-born babe (Exodus 2:6), a young child (Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 8:4), a y...
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**33. Ner begat Kish--**The father of Ner, though not mentioned here, is stated (1Ch 9:35) to have been Jehiel. Moreover, the father of Kish is said (1Sa 9:1) to have been Abiel, the son of Zeror, whence it would seem that Abiel and Ner were names of the same person.
**Abinadab--**the same as Ishui (1Sa 14:49).
**Esh-baal--**that is, Ish-bosheth.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →David's Charge to Solomon
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(6-16) David gives formal charge to Solomon to build the Temple.
(6) **Then he called.**—*And he called Solomon.* When? After completing his preparations, and shortly before his death (1Chronicles 22:5). (Comp. 1Kings 2:1-9, especially 1Chronicles 22:3-4, of which we seem to hear echoes in the present speech.) Upon grounds of internal evidence we may pronounce this dying address of David to be an ...
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**34. Merib-baal--**that is, Mephibosheth.
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(7) **My son.**—So some MSS., the Hebrew margin, and LXX., Vulg., Targ. rightly. The Hebrew text reads, “His son,” which is probably an oversight, due t*o* “Solomon his son” in 1Chronicles 22:6.
**As for me, it was in my mind.**—Literally, *I*—*it became with* (*near* or *in*)* my heart, i.e.,* it came into my mind, was my intention. The phrase is common in 2 Chronicles, but rare in the older book...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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.
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God's prohibition 'Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name' reveals the temple's symbolic significance. David, though a man after God's heart, was a warrior whose hands shed blood (even justly in holy war). The temple required a builder whose reign typified peace (shalom) - Solomon, whose name derives from shalom. This distinction point...
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(8) **But the word of the Lord came to me** (upon me).—Literally, *And a word of Jehovah became upon me.* There is a partial correspondence between this “word of the Lord” and that which Nathan is represented as delivering (1Chronicles 17:4-14). There, however, David is promised success in war, without any hint that warfare, as such, would unfit him for the sacred task which he longed to undertake...
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**36. Jehoadah--**or, Jara (1Ch 9:42).
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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. Solomon: that is, Peaceable
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(9) **Shall be born.**—*Is about to be born* (participle).
**Who shall be.**—*He* (emphatic) *shall become a man of rest,* opposed to “a man of war,” such as was David (2Samuel 17:8; 1Chronicles 28:3). The phrase is further explained by what follows.
**And I will give him rest from all his enemies round** **about**—*i.e.,* the surrounding peoples, who are his natural foes, seeing that they were br...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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.
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God's promise about Solomon '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' reiterates the Davidic covenant with specific application to Solomon. The father-son language emphasizes covenant intimacy. The phrase 'for ever' points beyond Solomon to ultimate fulfillment in Christ, the eternal ...
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(10) **He shall build an house.**—Comp. 1 Chronicles 17; parts of 1Chronicles 22:11-13 are here repeated. (See the Notes there.)
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found.
(1-10)
Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess.
(11-20)
**Verses 1-10**
The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(11) **The Lord be with thee.**—See 1Chronicles 9:20. (1Samuel 3:19; 2Kings 18:7 : “The Lord was with him.”) The phrase is the origin of the familiar liturgical formula, “The Lord be with you.”
**And prosper thou, and build the house.**—Not a command, but a wish, *i.e.,* mayest thou prosper and build. The verb “prosper” (literally, *carry through, make succeed*) is used transitively in 2Chronicles...
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(12) **Only the Lord give thee wisdom.**—Better, *at least may the Lord give, &c.*; restricting the wish to one supremely important point. (For Solomon’s wisdom, comp. 1Kings 3:9-15.)
**And give thee charge concerning Israel.**—Rather, *and appoint thee over Israel* (2Samuel 7:11). Solomon had been indicated as David’s successor, and David intended it so; yet his wish and prayer for the Divine rat...
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**40. mighty men of valour, archers--**(see on Jud 20:16). Great strength as well as skill was requisite in ancient archery, as the bow, which was of steel, was bent by treading with the feet, and pulling the string with both hands.
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
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David's charge to Solomon echoes Moses's charge to Joshua: 'Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.' Prosperity is conditioned on obedience ('if thou takest heed') to God's revealed law. The command to courage ('be strong... courage') with prohi...
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(13) **Then shalt thou prosper.**—The verse makes it quite clear that obedience was an indispensable condition to the full realisation of the promise. (Comp. 1Chronicles 22:10 with the actual after-course of history.) Yet the word of the Lord does not return unto Him void; and if the earthly dynasty of David came to an end through disobedience, in due time was born an heir of David and Solomon, wh...
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →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. trouble: or, poverty
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(14) **In my trouble.**—Rather, *by my toil* or *pains.* (Comp. 1Chronicles 29:2 : “I have prepared *with all my might.*”) In Genesis 31:42 the same expression is equated with “the labour of my hands.” The LXX. and Vulg. wrongly render “in” or “according to my poverty.”
**An hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver.**—The gold talent is usually valued at £6,000, ...
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CHAPTER 9
1Ch 9:1-26. Original Registers of Israel and Judah's Genealogies.
**1. all Israel were reckoned by genealogies--**From the beginning of the Hebrew nation, public records were kept, containing a registration of the name of every individual, as well as the tribe and family to which he belonged. "The book of the kings of Israel and Judah" does not refer to the two canonical books that a...
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. workers: that is, masons and carpenters
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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**2. the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions--**This chapter relates wholly to the first returned exiles. Almost all the names recur in Nehemiah (Ne 11:1-36), although there are differences which will be explained there. The same division of the people into four classes was continued after, as before the captivity; namely, the priests, Levites, natives, who now were called by the com...
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(16) **Arise therefore, and be doing.**—A phrase which recurs at Ezra 10:4.
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(17-19) David invites the cooperation of the chieftains of Israel.
(17) **Saying.**—The absence of this word from the Hebrew text may be compared with the like omission in 1Chronicles 16:7; 1Chronicles 23:4-5; 1Chronicles 28:19.
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>Theological Analysis:</strong> This passage falls within the section on Temple preparations - David's charge to Solomon. The Hebrew term <em>בַּיִת (bayit) - house/temple</em> is theologically significant here, pointing to Worship center as focus of covenant community. The Chronicler's narrative, while paralleling Samuel-Kings in places, offers a distinct theological perspective emphasizin...
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(18) **Is not the Lord your God with you?**—The proof appears in what follows.
**And hath he not?**—Rather, *and he hath given you rest* (1Chronicles 22:9).
**He hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand.**—The surrounding people, whose reduction is described in 1 Chronicles 18-20 (Comp. for the phrase, Joshua 2:24.)
**And the land is subdued before the Lord** **. . .**—The chronicler,...
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
Read full commentary →Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
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David's exhortation to Israel's leaders: 'Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.' The command 'set your heart and soul' (Hebrew: tenu levavkem v'nafshekem) requires total commitment -...
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(19) **To seek the Lord.**—Hebrew, “to seek *unto the* Lord,” as in 2Chronicles 17:4; Ezra 4:2. The older construction, with a simple accusative, occurred in 1Chronicles 16:12; 1Chronicles 21:30.
**Arise therefore, and build.**—Rather, *And arise ye, and build.* The second clause explains how the first was to be carried out. Building the Lord a fair and noble sanctuary was equivalent to seeking Hi...
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**Verses 11-20**
The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, What shall we do to be saved? Also, what we may expect, and must provide for. Those who are truly apprehensive of the weight of God's wrath, cannot but be very anxious how th...
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