1 Chronicles 28:14-29:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:11-21

As for the general charge that David gave his son to seek God and serve him, the book of the law was, in that, his only rule, and there needed no other; but, in building the temple, David was now to give him three things:?1. A model of the building, because it was to be such a building as neither he nor his architects ever saw. Moses had a pattern of the tabernacle shown him in the mount (Heb. 8:5), so had David of the temple, by the immediate hand of God upon him, 1 Chron. 28:19. It was given... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:14

He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service ,.... Whatever was to be made of gold, David was directed by the Spirit of God what weight or quantity of gold should be made use of in making it, as appears from some following instances: silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service ; so likewise whatever instruments or vessels, for the service of the temple, were to be made of silver, he had a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:14

Of gold by weight - The quantity of gold which was to be put in each article. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:11-19

These hints respecting the parts of the building that was to be, and respecting the furniture of it, will come in for fuller consideration in the fuller treatment of them, found in the narration of the actual construction of the building in 2 Chronicles compared with 2 Kings 6:1-33 ; etc. It is evident that David desired to make a solemn and set business of handing over even the patterns and plans. Nor is this under any circumstances wonderful, but least of all considering their Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:14-15

The general meaning of these verses is that, if the question were one of gold, or one of silver, David assigned for each vessel and each part of the candlesticks, the proportionate weight of gold that was to be employed. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 28:1-21

Solomon presented to the people (28:1-29:30)David had been forced to appoint Solomon as king hastily when he learnt that another son, Adonijah, was plotting to seize the throne for himself (see notes on 1 Kings 1:5-53). That very unceremonious anointing of Solomon was followed soon after by a second anointing, this time with full religious and regal ceremony (see 29:22). This second occasion is the one that the Chronicler refers to here. David presented Solomon to the people as the one who, by... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 28:1-30

3. The third account of God’s promises to David chs. 28-29A primary concern of the Chronicler, the evidence of which is his selection of material and emphases, was the promise of a King who would eventually come and rule over God’s people. God had fulfilled some of the Davidic Covenant promises in David’s lifetime. He fulfilled others in Solomon’s reign. Still others remained unfulfilled. For a third time the writer recorded the promises God gave to David. In the first case, God spoke to David... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 28:11-19

The temple plan 28:11-19God had revealed detailed plans for the temple to David (1 Chronicles 28:19). Evidently God had instructed David as He had Moses (Exodus 25-31). The writer did not include all the details of the plan David received from the Lord any more than the writer of Kings did. Nevertheless God revealed the instructions for the temple as specifically as He had revealed the instructions for the tabernacle. The postexilic Jews must have had more detailed plans than are available to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:1-21

David’s last Directions2. The footstool of our God] i.e. the Mercy Seat: 2 Samuel 6:2; Psalms 132:7. 5. The throne of the kingdom of the Lord] cp. 1 Chronicles 17:14; 1 Chronicles 29:23. Israel’s kings were the Lord’s vicegerents and representatives: He was their true ruler. 7. If he be constant] The continuance of God’s favour was conditional upon continued obedience, and the writer, living after the exile, knew how the condition had been violated.11. The pattern] The pattern of the Tabernacle... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 28:14

(14) He gave of gold by weight for things of gold.—The Hebrew is very concise. Apparently it continues the construction of 1 Chronicles 28:12, so that the sense is: “He gave him a pattern or description for the golden vessels (literally, for the gold), by the weight for the golden vessels (Heb., for the gold), for all vessels of each kind of service (i.e., use); and he gave him a pattern for all the silver vessels, by weight, for all vessels of each kind of service.” In other words, David gave... read more