_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ David commanded to gather together the strangers - partly the descendants of the old Canaanites (2 Chronicles 8:7), from whom was exacted a trib... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID PREPARED IRON IN ABUNDANCE FOR THE NAILS FOR THE DOORS OF THE GATES, AND FOR THE JOININGS; AND BRASS IN ABUNDANCE WITHOUT WEIGHT;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HE CALLED FOR SOLOMON HIS SON, AND CHARGED HIM TO BUILD AN HOUSE FOR THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL._ Then he called for Solomon ... and charged him. The earnestness and solemnity of this address creates an impression that it was given a little before the old king's decease. He unfolded his great and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO SOLOMON, MY SON, AS FOR ME, IT WAS IN MY MIND TO BUILD AN HOUSE UNTO THE NAME OF THE LORD MY GOD:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME, SAYING, THOU HAST SHED BLOOD ABUNDANTLY, AND HAST MADE GREAT WARS: THOU SHALT NOT BUILD AN HOUSE UNTO MY NAME, BECAUSE THOU HAST SHED MUCH BLOOD UPON THE EARTH IN MY SIGHT._ Thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood. An innat... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, A SON SHALL BE BORN TO THEE, WHO SHALL BE A MAN OF REST; AND I WILL GIVE HIM REST FROM ALL HIS ENEMIES ROUND ABOUT: FOR HIS NAME SHALL BE SOLOMON, AND I WILL GIVE PEACE AND QUIETNESS UNTO ISRAEL IN HIS DAYS._ Behold, a son shall be born to thee ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL BUILD AN HOUSE FOR MY NAME; AND HE SHALL BE MY SON, AND I WILL BE HIS FATHER; AND I WILL ESTABLISH THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL FOR EVER._ He shall build an house for my name. This divine declaration, which pointed to David's posterity, can be understood only in reference to the... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW, MY SON, THE LORD BE WITH THEE; AND PROSPER THOU, AND BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THY GOD, AS HE HATH SAID OF THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONLY THE LORD GIVE THEE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, AND GIVE THEE CHARGE CONCERNING ISRAEL, THAT THOU MAYEST KEEP THE LAW OF THE LORD THY GOD._ Keep the law of the Lord thy God.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SHALT THOU PROSPER, IF THOU TAKEST HEED TO FULFIL THE STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS WHICH THE LORD CHARGED MOSES WITH CONCERNING ISRAEL: BE STRONG, AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DREAD NOT, NOR BE DISMAYED._ Then shalt thou prosper ... - (cf. 2 Samuel 8:12.)... [ Continue Reading ]