1 Chronicles 28:7

_MOREOVER I WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM FOR EVER, IF HE BE CONSTANT TO DO MY COMMANDMENTS AND MY JUDGMENTS, AS AT THIS DAY._ I will establish his kingdom ... if he be constant. The same condition is set before Solomon by God, 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 9:4....

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...

IF HE BE CONSTANT - The conditional character of the promise made to David, as to the continuance of his posterity on the Jewish throne (marginal reference; 2 Samuel 7:14), is now clearly declared....

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,...

MOREOVER, I WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM FOR EVER,.... The same is said in 2 Samuel 7:13 IF HE BE CONSTANT TO DO MY COMMANDMENTS, AND MY JUDGMENTS, AS AT THIS DAY; if he continued in the observance of them, as he had begun, and went on in until that day; this is added here, and was not spoken by Nathan, when what goes before was; for Solomon was not then born, but must be suggested to David since, and as it should seem at this time....

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

_Moreover I will establish_ R.V. AND I WILL ESTABLISH. Cp. 1 Chronicles 17:11. _if he be constant_ Lit. _if he be strong_; cp. 1 Chronicles 28:10; 1 Chronicles 28:20, _be strong_(same word in Heb.). Cp. 1 Kings 9:4-5....

24. DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON (1 Chronicles 28:1-10) TEXT 1 Chronicles 28:1. And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem. 2. Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building. 3. But God said unto me, -Thou shalt not build a house for my name,