John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers ,.... For though they were in possession of the land of Canaan, yet they held it not in their own right, but as the Lord's: who said, the land is mine , Leviticus 25:23 , they were but tenants in it, and were not to abide long here; they belonged to another city and country; the consideration of which might tend to set them loose to worldly things, and the more easily to part with them for the service of God, and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 29:10-22
We have here, I. The solemn address which David made to God upon occasion of the noble subscriptions of the princes towards the building of the temple (1 Chron. 29:10): Wherefore David blessed the Lord, not only alone in his closet, but before all the congregation. This I expected when we read (1 Chron. 29:9) that David rejoiced with great joy; for such a devout man as he would no doubt make that the matter of his thanksgiving which was so much the matter of his rejoicing. He that looked round... read more