1 Chronicles 28:1

_AND DAVID ASSEMBLED ALL THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES, AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE COMPANIES THAT MINISTERED TO THE KING BY COURSE, AND THE CAPTAINS OVER THE THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER THE HUNDREDS, AND THE STEWARDS OVER ALL THE SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SONS, WITH THE OFFICERS, AND WITH THE MIGHTY MEN, AND WITH ALL THE VALIANT MEN, UNTO JERUSALEM._ David assembled all the princes of Israel - i:e., the representatives of the people, the leading men of the kingdom, who are enumerated in this verse according to their respective rank or degree of authority. PRINCES OF THE TRIBES (1 Chronicles 27:16). Those patriarchal chiefs are mentioned first, as being the highest in rank-a sort of hereditary noblesse. THE CAPTAINS OF THE COMPANIES - the twelve generals mentioned,...

1-10 During David's last sickness, many chief priests and Levites were at Jerusalem. Finding himself able, David spoke of his purpose to build a temple for God, and of God's disallowing that purpose. He opened to them God's gracious purposes concerning Solomon. David charged them to cleave stedfastly to God and their duty. We cannot do our work as we should, unless we put on resolution, and fetch in strength from Divine grace. Religion or piety has two distinct parts. The first is knowledge of God, the second is worship of God. David says, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. God is made known by his works and word. Revelation alone shows the whole character of God, in his providence, his holy law, his condemnation of sinners, his blessed gospel, and the ministration of the Spirit to all true believers. The natural man cannot receive th...

CHAPTER XXVIII _David assembles the princes of Israel, and informs them that_ _the temple was to be built by Solomon; to whom God had given_ _the most gracious promises_, 1-7. _He exhorts them and him to be obedient to God, that they might_ _continue to prosper_, 8-10. _He gives Solomon a pattern of the work_, 11, 12; _directs him concerning the courses of the priests and Levites_, 13; _gives also gold, by weight, for the different utensils of the_ _temple, as God had directed him_, 14-19;...

OFFICER - literally, as in the margin. This is the only occasion in which eunuchs are mentioned in connection with David’s reign; and it is to be remarked that they occupy, during the earlier period of the Jewish kingdom, a very subordinate position....

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter may be said to form one scene with those of the next up to verse 25. They represent David in the presence of a magnificent company of witnesses, the flower of the Church, the military and the civil elements of his kingdom, devolving upon his son both the building of the temple and the throne itself. 1 CHRONICLES 28:1 One Hebrew word (שׂרֵי) stands for the PRINCES (twice), CAPTAINS (three times), and STEWARDS (once) of this verse. The classification of the verso speaks for itself. There are the princes of Israel; _i.q. _the princes of the tribes (1 Chronicles 27:16,...

AND DAVID ASSEMBLED ALL THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES,.... Whose names are given in 1 Chronicles 27:16 AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE COMPANIES THAT MINISTERED TO THE KING BY COURSE; monthly, each having 24,000 men under him, whose names are expressed, 1 Chronicles 27:2 AND THE CAPTAINS OVER THE THOUSANDS; of which there were twenty four in a course, at the head of each 1000, under the chief captain: AND CAPTAINS OVER THE HUNDREDS: centurions under the second captains: AND THE STEWARDS OVER ALL THE SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SONS; whose names may be read in 1 Chronicles 27:25

1 Chronicles 28:1. _And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards ever all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem._ David, in his old age, and soon to die, summoned a great representative assembly of the notables of his kingdom. 1 Chronicles 28:2. _Then David the king stood up upon his feet,_ He was ill, and obliged to keep his bed; but; he left his couch for this solemn occasion. He did not even remain seated, although extremely weak; but he stood up upon h

7. THE LAST ACTS OF DAVID AND HIS DEATH CHAPTER 28 The Great Assembly _ 1. The Address of David to the assembly (1 Chronicles 28:1)_ 2. The patterns, the gold and the silver delivered to Solomon (1 Chronicles 28:11) 3. His encouraging words to Solomon (1 Chronicles 28:20) The events in this chapter connect with 1 Chronicles 23:1. There we find the brief statement that David was old and full of years and that Solomon his son was made king over Israel. Then follow the Chapter s which acquaint us with the preparations David had made for the building of th

DAVID'S ADDRESS TO THE GREAT ONES OF THE LAND: HE GIVES SOLOMON THE PLANS OF THE TEMPLE. In this chapter the thread of the narrative is taken up from where it was left at the end of _ch._ 22. 1 Chronicles 28:2. my brethren and my people: see Deuteronomy 17:15, where it is said that one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee. As so often elsewhere, the ideas of the Chronicler are dominated by the Law; an oriental king does not place himself on a level with his subjects in this way. 2 Samuel 19:12 f. does not contradict this, for there David is speaking in reference to the elders of the land, some of whom were his kinsmen; it was, moreover, a time of grievous stress for

ASSEMBLED. convoked, or mustered. PRINCES OF ISRAEL. Compare 1 Chronicles 27:16. CAPTAINS. princes (throughout the chapter). See note on 1 Chronicles 27:1. STEWARDS. Compare 1 Chronicles 27:25. Each body consisted of twelve persons. App-10....