John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:10
He shall build an house for my name ,.... For the worship of God, and for his honour and glory: and he shall be my son, and I will be his father ; see 2 Samuel 7:13 and which is applied to Christ, Hebrews 1:5 . and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever ; that is, for a long time in his posterity; and which will have its fulfilment in Christ, his antitype, in the utmost sense of the expression, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his throne for... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:6-16
Though Solomon was young and tender, he was capable of receiving instructions, which his father accordingly gave him, concerning the work for which he was designed. When David came to the throne he had many things to do, for the foundations were all out of course; but Solomon had only one thing in charge, and that was to build a house for the Lord God of Israel, 1 Chron. 22:6. Now, I. David tells him why he did not do it himself. It was in his mind to do it (1 Chron. 22:7), but God forbade... read more