1 Chronicles 22:1

_THEN DAVID SAID, THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD, AND THIS IS THE ALTAR OF THE BURNT OFFERING FOR ISRAEL._ David said, This is the house. By the miraculous sign of fire from heaven, and perhaps other intimations, David understood it to be the will of God that the national place of worship should be fixed there, and he forthwith proceeded to make preparations for the erection of the temple on that spot....

1-5 On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. David must not build, but he would do all he could; he prepared abundantly before his death. What our hands find to do for God, and our souls, and those round us, let us do it with all our might, before our death; for after death there is no device nor working. And when the Lord refuses to employ us in those services which we desired, we must not be discouraged or idle, but do what we can, though in a humbler sphere....

CHAPTER XXII _David makes great preparations for building a temple to the_ _Lord_, 1-5; _gives the necessary directions to Solomon concerning it_, 6-16; _and exhorts the princes of Israel to assist in the undertaking_, 17-19. NOTES ON CHAP. XXII Verse 1 Chronicles 22:1. _DAVID SAID, THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE LORD_] Till a temple is built for his name, this place shall be considered the temple of God; and on this altar, and not on that at Gibeon, shall the burnt-offerings of Israel be made. David probably thought that this was the _place_ on which God designed that his house should be built;

THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD - The double miracle - that of the angelic appearance and that of the fire from heaven - had convinced David that here he had found the destined site of that “house” which it had been told him that his son should build 1 Chronicles 22:10. Hence, this public announcement....

EXPOSITION From the commencement of this chapter to the close of the First Book of the Chronicles we again travel alone, and, with the exception of parallel passages of a merely ordinary character, have no longer the assistance of comparing different descriptions of the same stretches of history. The present chapter relates David's interested and zealous preparations for the building of the temple (1 Chronicles 22:1); his exhortations and solemn charge to his son and successor (1 Chronicles 22:6); and afterwards his injunctions to the "princes of Israel" (1 Chronicles 22:17-13) to help Solomon....

THEN DAVID SAID,.... Within himself, or to some principal persons about him: THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD; the place where the temple was to be built, hinted at in Deuteronomy 12:5 and elsewhere; the meaning is, here, or in "this" place, shall be the house of God, so Noldius o, for as yet there were none; but it was now made known to David that here it should be built, and so the words in 2 Chronicles 3:1 should be rendered, THEN SOLOMON BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD IN JERUSALEM, WHICH WAS SHOWN TO DAVID HIS FATHER, WHICH HE PREPARED IN THE PLACE OF DAVID, THAT WHICH HE BOUGHT IN THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE: AND THIS IS THE ALTAR FOR THE BURNT OFFERING FOR ISRAEL; not which he had built here; but this is the place where one shoul

1 Chronicles 22:1 _Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel._ Now he knew where the temple was to be built; and of a certainty he had discovered that long-predestined site of which God said, «Here will I dwell.» This was the very hill whereon Abraham offered up his son Isaac; a hill, therefore, most sacred by covenant to the living God. He delighted to remember the believing obedience of his servant Abraham, and there he would have his temple built. 1 Chronicles 22:2. _And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God._ Observe here a very gracious eye to us who are Gentiles. The tem

IV. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The Preparations and Charge to Solomon CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The material (1 Chronicles 22:1)_ 2. The charge to Solomon (1 Chronicles 22:6) 3. The charge to the princes (1 Chronicles 22:17) God had accepted the sacrifice. The judgment had passed. Prayer had been answered and David, therefore, could truthfully say “this is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.” The place had therefore been pointed out on which the temple was to be reared. And from now on up to the twenty-eighth verse of chapter 26 all concerns the house which is to be built. The temple is

1 CHRONICLES 21:1 TO 1 CHRONICLES 22:1 THE NUMBERING OF THE HOSTS; THE PUNISHMENT (see notes on 2 Samuel 24:1). There are many variations from the corresponding passage in 2 S., and it is uncertain whether the Chronicler used any other source or not. 1 Chronicles 21:1. And Satan stood up: in 2 Samuel 24:1 the temptation comes from Yahweh; the Chronicler altered this as unfitting in view of the developed doctrine of God which had supervened. In the earlier literature the term Satan means adversary ...

THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD. The place where grace had been manifested was the place where alone true worship could be offered. This it is that makes "the house of God". labourers David had prepared in 2 Samuel 12:31. Compare 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:22. and see Deuteronomy 29:11.Joshua 9:27. The word "tribute" ...