1 Chronicles 22:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:6-16

Though Solomon was young and tender, he was capable of receiving instructions, which his father accordingly gave him, concerning the work for which he was designed. When David came to the throne he had many things to do, for the foundations were all out of course; but Solomon had only one thing in charge, and that was to build a house for the Lord God of Israel, 1 Chron. 22:6. Now, I. David tells him why he did not do it himself. It was in his mind to do it (1 Chron. 22:7), but God forbade... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:14

Now, behold, in my trouble ,.... Or affliction, which had attended him, through the greater part of his reign, partly through wars abroad, and partly through rebellions and insurrections at home: or: in my poverty F1 בעניי "in paupertate mea", V. L. ; living in a frugal way, as if he had been a poor man, in order to lay up money for this purpose: I have prepared for the house of the Lord ; for the building of it, and for things to be used in it: an hundred thousand talents... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:14

In my trouble I have prepared - Notwithstanding ail the wars in which I have been engaged, all the treacheries with which I have been surrounded, all the domestic troubles with which I have been overwhelmed, I never lost sight of this great object, the building of a house for God, that his worship might be established in the land. I have curtailed my expenses, and have lived in comparative poverty that I might save all I possibly could for this building. A hundred thousand ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:14

Now, behold, in my trouble . The Septuagint, Vulgate, and Luther's translation adopt here our marginal reading, "poverty." Keil, Bertheau, and others translate, with much greater probability, "by severe effort," which translation may be fortified, not only by such references as Genesis 31:43 and Psalms 132:1 (where the same root is found in Pual infinitive), but by the expression evidently answering to the present one in 1 Chronicles 29:2 ( בּכָל־כּוֹח ), "with all my strength."... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:14

In my trouble - See the margin. David refers to the manifold troubles of his reign, which had prevented him from accumulating very much treasure.An hundred thousand talents of gold ... - We do not know the value of the Hebrew talent at this period, and therefore these numbers may be sound. But in that case we must suppose an enormous difference between the pre-Babylonian and the post-Babylonian talents. According to the value of the post-Babylonian Hebrew talent, the gold here spoken of would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 22:14

1 Chronicles 22:14. Behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord This he alleges as a reason why he could do no more, because of the many troubles and wars in which he had been engaged, both foreign and domestic, whereby much of his treasure had been exhausted. A hundred thousand talents of gold, &c. The sum here mentioned is so great, according to the usually computed value of a talent, being not less than three hundred and sixty millions sterling, that most... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:2-19

22:2-29:30 PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLEDavid’s encouragement to Solomon (22:2-19)God’s purpose was that Solomon, not David, should build the temple. Although David understood the reason for this and accepted it humbly, he did all he could to help Solomon in his task. He gathered construction materials in great quantities, and put all foreigners in Israel to work preparing the stones for building (2-5). Most importantly, he encouraged Solomon to seek wisdom from God and obey his commandments, so... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 22:14

in my trouble: i.e. in the unsettled years of his warlike reign; and of the trouble brought on by his sin with Bath-sheba, and by Absalom's rebellion. The Septuagint reads "according to my poverty". prepared for the house. The Tabernacle was built with the spoils of Egypt: the Temple from spoils of David's wars (2 Samuel 8:7-12 . 2 Samuel 18:7-11 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:14

1 Chronicles 22:14. In my trouble I have prepared—an hundred thousand talents of gold, &c.— But I, according to my poor ability, have prepared an hundred talents of gold, and a thousand talents of silver. Houbigant. See Joseph. Antiq. lib. vii. c. xiv. sect. 2. REFLECTIONS.—1st, That a house should be built, was before resolved: here the spot is fixed upon, and the preparations begun. 1. The reasons given for the immediate concern David was in to make preparation for the building, though he... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 22:1-19

Preparations for temple construction ch. 22This chapter is unique to Chronicles. It records David’s plans to assemble building materials and workers for the construction of the temple. He instructed Solomon carefully in what God had promised so his son would carry out the work as God wanted it done (1 Chronicles 22:5-13). This is the first of three speeches by David that the Chronicler recorded: 1 Chronicles 22:2-19; 1 Chronicles 28:1-21; and 1 Chronicles 29:1-9.The writer provided another... read more