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
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