John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:1-27
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1 Crónicas 17:4-15 Nvi
John Gill
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 17:5
But have gone from tent to tent - "I have transferred my tabernacle from Gilgal to Nob, from Nob to Shiloh, and from Shiloh to Gibeon." - Targum and Jarchi. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 17:9
Neither shall the children of wickedness - They shall no more be brought into servitude as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 17:12
I will establish his throne for ever - David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isaiah 9:7 , where there is evidently the same reference. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 17:13
I will not take my mercy away from him - I will not cut off his family from the throne, as I did that of his predecessor Saul. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:4
Thou shalt not build. The Hebrew marks the personal pronoun here as emphatic, "Not thou shalt build," i.e. but some one else. In the parallel this prohibition is conveyed by that interrogative particle which expects the answer No, and may be thus translated: "Is it thou shalt build for me," etc.? read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:4-15
These verses are the unfolding to David of the magnificent and far-stretching purposes of God's grace towards him in his son Solomon and his descendants for ever. The revelation is made by the mouth of Nathan. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:5
This verse contains the three terms— house, tent, tabernacle (see notes on 1 Chronicles 16:1 ). Gesenius observes that when the Hebrew of the last two words is used distinctively, the tent describes the outer coverings of the twelve curtains; and the tabernacle, the ten inner curtains and framework as well, in other words, the whole equipment of the well-known tabernacle. As compared with the version we have here, the parallel place speaks an almost pathetic condescension, "I was a... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:6
The judges of Israel . The substitution of the Hebrew character beth for pe , in the word "judges," would make it "tribes," and bring it into harmony with the parallel place. But the succeeding clause, Whom I commanded to feed my people , would rather suggest that the parallel place, which adds the same clause, should be brought into harmony with this (see again 1 Chronicles 17:10 of this chapter). The general meaning and the gracious spirit underlying it is evident enough. God had... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 17:1-15
Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God's kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, 1 Chron. 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts. What pleasure can we take in our own prosperity if we see not the good of Jerusalem? When David is advanced to wealth and power see what his cares and projects are. Not, ?What... read more