1 Chronicles 22:2-19

1 Chronicles 22:2 to 1 Chronicles 29:30 . The whole of this section is the work of the Chronicler, though it is probable that he utilised some earlier sources in compiling it; a good deal of OT material is woven into it, but it has no parallel in earlier books, as in the case of the chapters so far considered.

1 Chronicles 22:2-Psalms : . David’ s Preparation for the Building of the Temple.— This is an imaginative elaboration of 2 Samuel 7:1-Leviticus :; 2 Samuel 7:13.

1 Chronicles 22:3 . couplings: the word is used only here (in reference to an iron object) and in 2 Chronicles 34:11 (in reference to a wooden object). It refers probably to hinges. A word from the same root occurs in Exodus 36:17 of the “ place of joining” of curtains, and in Exodus 28:17 of the place of joining” of the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.

1 Chronicles 22:7 . Taken from 1 Kings 8:17.

1 Chronicles 22:8 . because thou hast shed much blood: cf. 1 Chronicles 28:3; the Chronicler’ s inference from 1 Kings 5:3.

1 Chronicles 22:9 . Solomon, and I will give peace: a word-play; in Hebrew “ Solomon” = Shĕ? lô mô h, and “ peace” = Shâ lô m; but the two words are not radically connected.

1 Chronicles 22:10 . Taken from 2 Samuel 7:13-2 Chronicles : a = 1 Chronicles 17:12-: a.

1 Chronicles 22:12 f. This stress laid on the observance of the Law is characteristic of the Chronicler.

1 Chronicles 22:14 . in my affliction: better “ in my poverty” ; the Chronicler desires to teach that, however great the amount devoted to the building of the Temple, any contribution to such an object can at best be but a poor one; hence also the enormous exaggeration in stating the amount so bestowed.

1 Chronicles 22:16 . there is no number: the reference is not to the gold and silver, etc., which were weighed ( cf. “ without weight” in 1 Chronicles 22:14), but to the number of the workmen mentioned in 1 Chronicles 22:15. The Chronicler, with characteristic exaggeration, speaks of the metal as being without weight and the workmen without number; the quantity in each case defied enumeration.