1 Chronicles 28:21

_AND, BEHOLD, THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES, EVEN THEY SHALL BE WITH THEE FOR ALL THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD: AND THERE SHALL BE WITH THEE FOR ALL MANNER OF WORKMANSHIP EVERY WILLING SKILFUL MAN, FOR ANY MANNER OF SERVICE: ALSO THE PRINCES AND ALL THE PEOPLE WILL BE WHOLLY AT THY COMMANDMENT._ Behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites. They were most probably represented in this assembly, though they are not named. ALSO THE PRINCES AND ALL THE PEOPLE - i:e., as well the skillful, expert, and zealous artisan, as the workman who needs to be directed in all his labours....

11-21 The temple must be a sacred thing, and a type of Christ; it must be framed by Divine teaching. Christ is the true temple, the church is the gospel temple, and heaven the everlasting temple; all are framed according to the Divine counsels, and the plan laid in the Divine wisdom, ordained before the world, for God's glory and our good. David gave this pattern to Solomon, that he might go by rule. Materials were provided for the most costly utensils of the temple. Directions were given which way to look for help in this great undertaking. Be not dismayed; God will help thee, and thou must look up to him in the first place. We may be sure that God, who owned our fathers, and carried them through the services of their day, will, in like manner, never leave us, while he has any work to do in us, or by us. Good work is likely to go on, when all concerned are hearty in furthering it. Let u...

Verse 1 Chronicles 28:21. _BEHOLD, THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS_] The priests and the Levites, the cunning artificers, and the princes of the people, will be at thy command. Thus David, having assigned him his work, and described the manner in which it was to be done, shows him who were to be his assistants in it, and encourages him in the great undertaking. Here we find piety, good sense, prudence, zeal for the public welfare and God's glory, the strongest attachments to the worship of Jehovah, and concern for the ordinances of religion, all united; and Solomon has his danger, his duty, and his interest placed before him in the truest and most impressive light by his pious and sensible father....

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, BEHOLD, ALL THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES,.... Which David had lately fixed to take their turns in the temple, when built: even they shall be with thee FOR ALL THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD; to advise and assist him in everything relating to the service of the sanctuary, which they might be supposed best to understand: AND THERE SHALL BE WITH THEE, FOR ALL MANNER OF WORKMANSHIP, EVERY WILLING SKILFUL MAN FOR ANY MANNER OF SERVICE; men that were not only well skilled in all manner of curious work that was necessary for the service of the house, but were willing to employ their skill to the uttermost for it, and such David had provided, 1 Chronicles 22:15, ALSO THE PRINCES AND ALL THE PEOPLE WILL BE WHOLLY AT THY COMMANDMENT: to do whatever he should order, whether to overlook the workmen, or to contrib

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

David's Charge to Solomon 9. _know thou the God of thy father_ For this use of _know_cp. Exodus 5:2; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 31:34. _with a perfect heart_ i.e. with a _single, undivided_heart. In 2 Chronicles 15:17 the heart of king Asa is described as _perfect_, because he took no part in the idolatrous practices which prevailed in his day. Faithfulness to Jehovah, not moral perfection, is implied in phrases of this kind. _the Lord searcheth_ Cp. Ezekiel's vision of the Lord's detection of secret idolatry (Ezekiel 8

25. TEMPLE BUILDING-PLANS (1 Chronicles 28:11-21) TEXT 1 Chronicles 28:11. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat; 12. and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things; 13. also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah; 14. of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels o