Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 28:19
(19) All this said David.—The words with which David delivered the plans of the building and the schedule of its vessels to Solomon. The omission of any introductory formula, such as “And David said,” is dramatic. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 16:8; 1 Chronicles 23:4-5.) Literally rendered, after the Hebrew punctuation, the verse runs:—“The whole in a writing from the hand of Jehovah, to me he made clear; all the works of the model.” With the expression “a writing from the hand of Jehovah” (comp. Exodus... read more
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:1-21
David’s last Directions2. The footstool of our God] i.e. the Mercy Seat: 2 Samuel 6:2; Psalms 132:7. 5. The throne of the kingdom of the Lord] cp. 1 Chronicles 17:14; 1 Chronicles 29:23. Israel’s kings were the Lord’s vicegerents and representatives: He was their true ruler. 7. If he be constant] The continuance of God’s favour was conditional upon continued obedience, and the writer, living after the exile, knew how the condition had been violated.11. The pattern] The pattern of the Tabernacle... read more