1 Chronicles 22:1-28:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1-5

Here is, I. The place fixed for the building of the temple (1 Chron. 22:1): Then David said, by inspiration of God, and as a declaration of his mind, This is the house of the Lord God. If a temple must be built for God, it is fit that it be left to him to choose the ground, for all the earth is his; and this is the ground he makes choice of-ground that pertained to a Jebusite, and perhaps there was not a spot of ground besides, in or about Jerusalem, that did so?a happy presage of the setting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said ,.... Within himself, or to some principal persons about him: this is the house of the Lord God ; the place where the temple was to be built, hinted at in Deuteronomy 12:5 and elsewhere; the meaning is, here, or in "this" place, shall be the house of God, so Noldius F15 Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 352. No. 1257. , for as yet there were none; but it was now made known to David that here it should be built, and so the words in 2 Chronicles 3:1 should be rendered: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:1

David said , This is the house of the Lord - Till a temple is built for his name, this place shall be considered the temple of God; and on this altar, and not on that at Gibeon, shall the burnt-offerings of Israel be made. David probably thought that this was the place on which God designed that his house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy, not only the threshing-floor, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1

EXPOSITION From the commencement of this chapter to the close of the First Book of the Chronicles we again travel alone, and, with the exception of parallel passages of a merely ordinary character, have no longer the assistance of comparing different descriptions of the same stretches of history. The present chapter relates David's interested and zealous preparations for the building of the temple ( 1 Chronicles 22:1-5 ); his exhortations and solemn charge to his son and successor ( ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:1

This is the house of the Lord God - The double miracle - that of the angelic appearance and that of the fire from heaven - had convinced David that here he had found the destined site of that “house” which it had been told him that his son should build 1 Chronicles 22:10. Hence, this public announcement. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 22:1

1 Chronicles 22:1. Then David said Through the instinct and direction of God’s Spirit, by which as he is said to have had the pattern of the house, porch, altar, &c., (1 Chronicles 28:11-19,) so doubtless he was instructed as to the place where the house should be built. This is the house, &c. This is the place appointed by God for the building of his temple and altar. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1

David’s fame (18:1-22:1)Before speaking further of the temple, the writer lists a number of David’s victories in war. These records show how God was strengthening David’s kingdom according to his promise, but they show also why God would not allow David to build the temple. One who had caused so much bloodshed was not a suitable person to build the nation’s sacred place of worship (see 22:7-10).The writer records victories over miscellaneous enemies (18:1-17; see notes on 2 Samuel 8:1-18);... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 22:1

This is the house of the LORD God. The place where grace had been manifested was the place where alone true worship could be offered. This it is that makes "the house of God". labourers David had prepared in 2 Samuel 12:31 . Compare 1 Samuel 8:2 . 1 Kings 5:13 ; 1 Kings 9:15 , 1 Kings 9:22 ; and see Deuteronomy 29:11 .Joshua 9:27 . The word "tribute" (Judges 1:28 ) means forced labour. Compare 2 Samuel 20:24 . 1 Kings 9:21 . masons. See above note. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:1

DAVID'S PREPARATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE"Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel."Practically all of the rest of First Chronicles is devoted to a discussion of David's extensive preparations to build the temple. There is no parallel elsewhere for what is given in this chapter, aside from obvious references to the Law of Moses, to Joshua and to Nathan's prophecy delivered to David in 2 Samuel 7. This verse indicates David's decision to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:1

1 Chronicles 22:1. David said, This is the house, &c.— This shall be the house—This shall be the altar, Houbigant; who renders the 11th and 12th verses also in the future. read more