1Ch 22:2 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. Ver. 2. To gather together the strangers. ] A notable type of the calling of the Gentiles: and the like we may say of the temple’s being built on the ground of a Jebusite, and by the help of Tyrians and Zidonians, and adorned with the spoils of various nations. 1Ch 18:7-11 read more
the strangers: 1 Kings 9:20, 1 Kings 9:21, 2 Chronicles 2:17, 2 Chronicles 8:7, 2 Chronicles 8:8, Isaiah 61:5, Isaiah 61:6, Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 2:19-Song of Solomon : masons: 1 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Samuel 5:11, 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 5:18, 1 Kings 6:7, 1 Kings 7:9-2 Kings :, 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:6, Ezra 3:7 Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 22:15 - hewers and workers of stone and timber 1 Chronicles 28:2 - had made ready read more
2. David commanded to gather together the strangers These strangers were the descendants of the old Canaanitish population of the land, whom the Israelites had not been able to expel. Comp. 1 Kings 9:21, and 2 Chronicles 2:17. Having settled on the site of Jehovah’s house, the king was stimulated to make, in his last days, all possible preparations for the building of the same. Masons to hew wrought stones Or, stonecutters to cut hewn stones. Compare 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 5:17. read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Chronicles 22:2
1 Chronicles 22:2And David commanded to gather together the strangers.What we cannot destroy may be usefully employedWhom we are not able to destroy we may be able to employ in holy service, is a doctrine which is not applicable to persons only, but has a distinct reference to emotions, passions, impulses, and sympathies. We are to hold ourselves in bondage, and often we are to drive ourselves to forced labour, and to become hewers of wood and stone, bearers of burdens, and indeed slaves to our... read more