1 Chronicles 28:9-21

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 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son ,.... Who was present in this assembly, and presented to them by David as his successor, and their future king: and having addressed them, he turns himself to him, and exhorts him, saying: know thou the God of thy father ; who was his Father and covenant God, and whom he served and worshipped, and who had bestowed upon him many favours, both temporal and spiritual; and having had such an experience of his goodness, he exhorts his son to seek to know more and more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:10

Take heed now ,.... Of offending God by forsaking him; or see, consider, and observe now what he was further about to say to him, concerning the building of the temple, as follows: for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary ; a temple for the ark, called the sanctuary, Numbers 7:9 the Targum is, the Word of the Lord hath chosen thee, &c.; be strong, and do it , be of a good heart and courage, and set about it with vigour and resolution. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:11

Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch ,.... The breadth, and length, and height of it, which was to be placed at the east end of the temple, and was the entrance into it: and, of the houses thereof ; the holy place, and the most holy, which latter is called the greater house, 2 Chronicles 3:5 , and of the treasures ; where things belonging to the temple were laid up, the priests' vestments, and other things: and of the upper chambers ; where the priests... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:12

By the Spirit of God, who gave him the whole form of the temple, and all things relative to it; just as God showed to Moses the pattern of the tabernacle in the mount; the Targum is, by the spirit of prophecy that was with him. The Jews suppose that Samuel the prophet was first made acquainted with it, and he made it known to David: of the courts of the house of the Lord : the outward court, the court of the priests, &c.; and of all the chambers round about : see 1 Kings 6:5 . ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:13

And also for the courses of the priests and Levites ,.... Where they should serve, of which, as fixed and ordered by David, see 1 Chronicles 24:1 . and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord ; they should be employed in: and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord ; which they should use therein. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:14

He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service ,.... Whatever was to be made of gold, David was directed by the Spirit of God what weight or quantity of gold should be made use of in making it, as appears from some following instances: silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service ; so likewise whatever instruments or vessels, for the service of the temple, were to be made of silver, he had a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:15

Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof ,.... These candlesticks were ten, and each had seven lamps, and were placed five on one side the Mosaic candlestick, and five on the other, as say the Jews, see 1 Kings 7:49 , and the weight of gold for each candlestick, according to the above writer F20 Ibid. (Relation of Memorial Things in the Tabernacle and the Temple, ch. 4.) p. 20. , was one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:16

And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table ,.... For though there were but one table for the shewbread in the tabernacle of Moses, there were ten in the temple of Solomon, 2 Chronicles 4:8 and each of them contained one hundred pounds in weight F21 Jacob Leon, ibid. (Relation of Memorable Things in the Tabernacle and Temple, ch. 4. p. 20.) : and likewise silver for the tables of silver ; these were placed in the court, as Jarchi thinks, on which they... read more

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