1 Chronicles 22:1-2 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1-5

Here is, I. The place fixed for the building of the temple (1 Chron. 22:1): Then David said, by inspiration of God, and as a declaration of his mind, This is the house of the Lord God. If a temple must be built for God, it is fit that it be left to him to choose the ground, for all the earth is his; and this is the ground he makes choice of-ground that pertained to a Jebusite, and perhaps there was not a spot of ground besides, in or about Jerusalem, that did so?a happy presage of the setting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said ,.... Within himself, or to some principal persons about him: this is the house of the Lord God ; the place where the temple was to be built, hinted at in Deuteronomy 12:5 and elsewhere; the meaning is, here, or in "this" place, shall be the house of God, so Noldius F15 Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 352. No. 1257. , for as yet there were none; but it was now made known to David that here it should be built, and so the words in 2 Chronicles 3:1 should be rendered: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:2

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ,.... The proselytes, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; that is, proselytes of the gate, who submitted to the seven precepts of Noah, were admitted to dwell in the Cities of Israel, see Genesis 9:4 and these were ordered to be got together to be employed in building the temple, and making preparations for it; and that partly because they were better artificers than the Israelites, who were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:1

David said , This is the house of the Lord - Till a temple is built for his name, this place shall be considered the temple of God; and on this altar, and not on that at Gibeon, shall the burnt-offerings of Israel be made. David probably thought that this was the place on which God designed that his house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy, not only the threshing-floor, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:2

The strangers that were in the land - Those who had become proselytes to the Jewish religion, at least so far as to renounce idolatry, and keep what were called the seven Noahic precepts. These were to be employed in the more servile and difficult parts of the work: see on 1 Kings 9:21 ; (note). For the account of building the temple, see 1 Kings 5-9 (note), and the notes there. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:1

EXPOSITION From the commencement of this chapter to the close of the First Book of the Chronicles we again travel alone, and, with the exception of parallel passages of a merely ordinary character, have no longer the assistance of comparing different descriptions of the same stretches of history. The present chapter relates David's interested and zealous preparations for the building of the temple ( 1 Chronicles 22:1-5 ); his exhortations and solemn charge to his son and successor ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:2

The strangers . These are plainly called in the Septuagint "proselytes" ( τοὺς προσηλὺτους ) . They were, of course, foreign workmen, who came in pursuit of their trade. The injunctions as to "strangers," and with regard to showing them kindness, are very numerous, beginning with Exodus 12:19 , Exodus 12:48 , Exodus 12:49 ; Exodus 22:21 (20); Exodus 23:9 ; Le Exodus 19:10 , 33, 34; Exodus 15:14-16 ; Deuteronomy 10:18 , Deuteronomy 10:19 ; Joshua 8:33-35 . It was not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:1

This is the house of the Lord God - The double miracle - that of the angelic appearance and that of the fire from heaven - had convinced David that here he had found the destined site of that “house” which it had been told him that his son should build 1 Chronicles 22:10. Hence, this public announcement. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:2

The strangers - i. e., the aliens the non-Israelite population of the land. Compare 2 Chronicles 2:17. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 22:1

1 Chronicles 22:1. Then David said Through the instinct and direction of God’s Spirit, by which as he is said to have had the pattern of the house, porch, altar, &c., (1 Chronicles 28:11-19,) so doubtless he was instructed as to the place where the house should be built. This is the house, &c. This is the place appointed by God for the building of his temple and altar. read more