1 Chronicles 28:18 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 28:18

And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight ,.... This was also one hundred pounds weight in gold, with which it was to be overlaid F23 Ibid. (Relation of Memorable Things in the Tabernacle and Temple, ch. 4. p. 20.) : and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim ; which were two large ones, besides those which Moses made; and these were not made of gold, as they were, but overlaid with it, see 1 Kings 6:23 which with them made four; and to which the four... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:18

The chariot of the cherubims - "And the figure of the chariot, like to the figure of the propitiatory, where are the figures of the golden cherubim, extending their wings and covering the ark of the covenant of the Lord." - T. 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 28:18

By the chariot of the cherubims , is of course not meant that the cherubim had a chariot, but that they constituted the chariot of Jehovah ( Psalms 18:11 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:18

The chariot of the cherubims - The cherubim are themselves the chariot upon which Yahweh rides Psalms 18:10; Psalms 99:1. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 28:18

1 Chronicles 28:18. For the altar of incense reigned gold Purer than any of the rest. For that was typical of the intercession of Christ, than which nothing can be more pure and perfect. The chariot of the cherubim Which Solomon was to make, (for those which were fastened to the mercy-seat were made by Moses long before,) which he fitly compares to a chariot, because within them God is said to sit and to dwell. And because a chariot is made to carry a person from place to place,... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 28:18

of = even. Genitive of Apposition. See App-17 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 28:18

1 Chronicles 28:18. Gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims— Lastly, a pattern of the situation of the cherubim, how they should spread their wings, and cover the ark, &c. For the meaning of the word רכב rakab is, to sit, to be placed upon. "We should say in French," says Houbigant, "la position et l'attitude des cherubins, the position and attitude of the "cherubims." I cannot conceive how it could enter the mind of an interpreter to render the word chariot. See Parkhurst on... read more