1 Chronicles 28:8

_NOW THEREFORE IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD, AND IN THE AUDIENCE OF OUR GOD, KEEP AND SEEK FOR ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD: THAT YE MAY POSSESS THIS GOOD LAND, AND LEAVE IT FOR AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR CHILDREN AFTER YOU FOR EVER._ Now ... in the sight of all Israel ... keep ... This solemn and earnest exhortation to those present, and to all Israel through their representatives, to continue faithful in observing the divine law, as essential to their national prosperity and permanence, is similar to that of Moses, Deuteronomy 30:15....

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...

Verse 1 Chronicles 28:8. _IN THE AUDIENCE OF OUR GOD_] "Before the Word of the Lord." - _T_....

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,...

NOW THEREFORE, IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL, THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD,.... Whom this assembly represented: AND IN THE AUDIENCE OF OUR GOD; before him, as Jarchi, in whose presence they were, and who heard and saw all that passed, and to whom David appeals as a witness; the Targum is, "before the Word of the Lord.'' before whom all things are naked and open, Hebrews 4:12 KEEP AND SEEK FOR ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD; seek to know them, search for them in the word of God, and endeavour to keep them: THAT YE MAY POSSESS THIS GOOD LAND; continue in the possession of it, for by their obedience they held it, Isaiah 1:19 AND LEAVE IT FOR AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR CHILDREN AFTER YOU FOR EVER; that so

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

CONGREGATION. assembly as in 1 Chronicles 28:1. SEEK. Hebrew. _darash._ See notes on 1Ch 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Samuel 28:7. CHILDREN. sons....

_and seek for_ R.V. AND SEEK OUT. The same Hebrew word is used 1 Chronicles 13:3, _we sought_ _NOT UNTO IT_ (i.e. the ark) _in the days of Saul_(R.V.). _that ye may possess_this _good land possess = inherit_. The Heb. word connotes _three_different ideas, which may all have been present to the mind of the speaker, viz. (1) continued holding of the land by passing it from father to son (cp. Exodus 20:12), (2) completion of the work of conquest left unfinished by Joshua (cp. Genesis 24:60), (3) enjoyment of the fruits of the land (cp. Psalms 25:13)....