1 Chronicles 22:14-18

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:17-19

David here engages the princes of Israel to assist Solomon in the great work he had to do, and every one to lend him a hand towards the carrying of it on. Those that are in the throne cannot do the good they would, unless those about the throne set in with them. David would therefore have the princes to advise Solomon and quicken him, and make the work as easy to him as they could, by promoting it every one in his place. 1. He shows them what obligations they lay under to be zealous in this... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:15

Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance ,.... All the strangers in the land being gathered by the order of David, 1 Chronicles 22:2 who were skilled in all manner of work, as follows: hewers and workers of stone and timber ; masons and carpenters: and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work ; joiners, carvers, &c.; read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:16

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron ,.... That is, the cunning artificers were skilful to work in each of these, some in gold and silver, others in brass and iron: there is no number ; either of the workmen, or of these materials; which yet must be restrained to the brass and iron, for the gold and silver are numbered, but not the brass and iron, 1 Chronicles 22:14 , arise therefore, and be doing : not that he should set about and begin the building the temple... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:17

David also commanded all the princes of Israel ,.... His courtiers and nobles that were about him: to help Solomon his son ; by their advice, and with their purses, should he need them, and by overlooking the workmen, directing and encouraging them: saying ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 22:18

Is not the Lord your God with you ?.... Blessing them with wealth and riches: and hath he not given you rest on every side ? from all enemies within and without; so that they had peace and quietness, and leisure to attend the service he recommended to them: for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into my hand ; meaning the rest of the Canaanites, who before were unsubdued, as even the Jebusites in Jerusalem: and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people ;... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 22:18

Is not the Lord your God with you ? - "Is not the Word of the Lord your God your assistant?" - T. Hath he not given you rest on every side ? - David at this time was not only king of Judea, but had also subdued most of the surrounding nations. Thus Solomon came to the Jewish throne with every possible advantage. Had he made a proper use of his state and of his talents, he would have been the greatest as well as the wisest of sovereigns. But alas! how soon... 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

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