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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:1-10

A great deal of service David had done in his day, had served his generation according to the will of God, Acts 13:36. But now the time draws night that he must die, and, as a type of the Son of David, the nearer he comes to his end the more busy he is, and does his work with all his might. He is now a little recovered from the indisposition mentioned 1 Kgs. 1:1; when they covered him with clothes, and he got no heat: but was cure is there for old age? He therefore improves his recovery, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:1

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes ,.... Whose names are given in 1 Chronicles 27:16 . and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course ; monthly, each having 24,000 men under him, whose names are expressed, 1 Chronicles 27:2 . and the captains over the thousands ; of which there were twenty four in a course, at the head of each 1000, under the chief captain: and captains over the hundreds : centurions under the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:2

Then David the king stood up upon his feet ,.... Rose from the bed or couch on which he lay, as Kimchi thinks, being somewhat recovered of his paralytic disorder, and being willing to exert himself on this occasion; or he rose up from the seat or throne, on which he before sat, in honour to this august assembly before him, and that he might be the more easily heard; for which reason we are told F18 Eustathius in Homer. Iliald. 1. p. 46. Vid, Iliad. 19. ver. 77, 79. it was a custom with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said unto me, thou shalt not build an house for my name ,.... This he said by Nathan the prophet, 2 Samuel 7:5 . because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood : see 1 Chronicles 22:8 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:1

David assembled - This refers to the persons whose names and offices we have seen in the preceding chapter. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:2

David - stood up upon his feet - He was now very old, and chiefly confined to his bed, (see 1 Kings 1:47 ;); and while he was addressing his son Solomon, he continued on the bed; but when all the principal nobles of his kingdom came before him he received strength to arise and address them, standing on his feet. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:3

Thou shalt not build a house - See 2 Samuel 7:6 , 2 Samuel 7:13 , and the observations at the end of that chapter. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:1

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter may be said to form one scene with those of the next up to verse 25. They represent David in the presence of a magnificent company of witnesses, the flower of the Church, the military and the civil elements of his kingdom, devolving upon his son both the building of the temple and the throne itself. One Hebrew word ( שׂרֵי ) stands for the princes (twice), captains (three times), and stewards (once) of this verse. The classification... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:2

The expression, David the king stood up upon his feet , probably means to emphasize the fact that hitherto, having been in a sitting or recumbent position, owing to his age and infirmity, he now with effort forced himself to stand in the presence of the unusual congregation and in consideration of what he felt was due to the occasion. He had not lost the man and the brother in his official and exalted rank, and, following ancient precedents ( Genesis 29:4 ; 19:23 ; 2 Samuel 19:12 ), he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:2

God's earthly footstool. Using a striking poetical figure, David speaks of the ark as being "the footstool of our God;" regarding God as enthroned above it in the Shechinah-cloud. The figure is otherwise used in Scripture, in Psalms 99:5 ; Psalms 132:7 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; Lamentations 2:1 ; Matthew 5:35 . We must not imagine that the ark contained God, or that in any sense he dwelt in the ark. He came, in the gracious symbol of the bright cloud, above the ark, between the attendant... read more

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