1 Chronicles 17:8-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:1-15

Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God's kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, 1 Chron. 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts. What pleasure can we take in our own prosperity if we see not the good of Jerusalem? When David is advanced to wealth and power see what his cares and projects are. Not, ?What... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:1-27

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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 17:9

Neither shall the children of wickedness - They shall no more be brought into servitude as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:4-15

These verses are the unfolding to David of the magnificent and far-stretching purposes of God's grace towards him in his son Solomon and his descendants for ever. The revelation is made by the mouth of Nathan. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:8

And have made thee . This may be rendered and will make thee ; in which ease the promise to David commences with this rather than the following clause. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:9

All the verbs of this verse are in the same tense as those of the foregoing verse, which are correctly translated. For an expression similar to the last clause of the verse, Neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, may be found in Psalms 89:22 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:10

This verse should read on continuously with the preceding, as far as to the word "enemies." The time here denoted will stretch from the people's occupation of the laud to the death of Saul, as the expression, "at the beginning," in 1 Chronicles 17:9 , will point to the experience of Egyptian oppression. Will build thee an house ; i.e. will guarantee thee an unfailing line of descendants. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 17:10

1 Chronicles 17:10. Furthermore I tell thee, &c. Must he think that his purpose was in vain, and that he should lose the reward of it? No: it being God’s act that prevented the execution of it, he shall be as fully recompensed as if it had been done. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:1-27

Plans for a permanent house (16:37-17:27)On being brought to Jerusalem, the ark had been placed in a tent that David prepared for it (see v. 1). David appointed temple servants to remain with the ark to guide the worship, apparently under the direction of the senior priest, Abiathar. The other chief priest, Zadok, was in charge of the worship at the tabernacle, which was still at Gibeon (37-43).One reason why David did not shift the tabernacle from Gibeon was that he was planning to build a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 17:8

a name. Some codices, with Syriac, read "a great name", as in 2 Samuel 7:9 . read more

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