1 Chronicles 28:1-21

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:11-21

As for the general charge that David gave his son to seek God and serve him, the book of the law was, in that, his only rule, and there needed no other; but, in building the temple, David was now to give him three things:?1. A model of the building, because it was to be such a building as neither he nor his architects ever saw. Moses had a pattern of the tabernacle shown him in the mount (Heb. 8:5), so had David of the temple, by the immediate hand of God upon him, 1 Chron. 28:19. It was given... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:4

Howbeit, the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever ,.... Passing by all his brethren who were elder than he, he pitched upon him, and ordered him to be anointed king of Israel, see 1 Samuel 16:10 , and that for ever, for a long time, as long as he lived; or rather in his posterity for many years to come, and best of all in his antitype Christ, the son of David, see Luke 1:32 . for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler ; the tribe... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:5

And of all my sons, for the Lord hath given me many sons ,.... Whose names, and the order of their birth, may be read in 1 Chronicles 3:1 . he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel ; to be his successor in it: this he says to observe to them, that this was not merely his own will and choice, nor the fruit and effect of a fond affection to Solomon; nor was it barely in pursuance of a promise made to Bathsheba, she had obtained of him;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:6

And he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house ,.... See 2 Samuel 7:13 . and my courts ; in the house or temple: for I have chosen him to be my son ; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Ephesians 1:5 . and I will be his father ; see 2 Samuel 7:14 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:7

Moreover, I will establish his kingdom for ever ,.... The same is said in 2 Samuel 7:13 . if he be constant to do my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day ; if he continued in the observance of them, as he had begun, and went on in until that day; this is added here, and was not spoken by Nathan, when what goes before was; for Solomon was not then born, but must be suggested to David since, and as it should seem at this time. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:8

Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the Lord ,.... Whom this assembly represented: and in the audience of our God ; before him, as Jarchi, in whose presence they were, and who heard and saw all that passed, and to whom David appeals as a witness; the Targum is,"before the Word of the Lord.'before whom all things are naked and open, Hebrews 4:12 . keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God ; seek to know them, search for them in the word... read more

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