_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN DAVID THE KING STOOD UP UPON HIS FEET, AND SAID, HEAR ME, MY BRETHREN, AND MY PEOPLE: AS FOR ME, I HAD IN MINE HEART TO BUILD AN HOUSE OF REST FOR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AND FOR THE FOOTSTOOL OF OUR GOD, AND HAD MADE READY FOR THE BUILDING:_ Hear me, my brethren. This was the st... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT GOD SAID UNTO ME, THOU SHALT NOT BUILD AN HOUSE FOR MY NAME, BECAUSE THOU HAST BEEN A MAN OF WAR, AND HAST SHED BLOOD._ Thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. The Church, or spiritual state of the world, of which the temple at Jerusalem was to be a type, would be presided over by On... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL CHOSE ME BEFORE ALL THE HOUSE OF MY FATHER TO BE KING OVER ISRAEL FOR EVER: FOR HE HATH CHOSEN JUDAH TO BE THE RULER; AND OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, THE HOUSE OF MY FATHER; AND AMONG THE SONS OF MY FATHER HE LIKED ME TO MAKE ME KING OVER ALL ISRAEL:_ No JFB commentary on... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF ALL MY SONS, (FOR THE LORD HATH GIVEN ME MANY SONS,) HE HATH CHOSEN SOLOMON MY SON TO SIT UPON THE THRONE OF THE KINGDOM OF THE LORD OVER ISRAEL._ He hath chosen Solomon. The spirit of David's statement is this: It was not my ambition, my valour, or my merit, that led to the enthronement of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO ME, SOLOMON THY SON, HE SHALL BUILD MY HOUSE AND MY COURTS: FOR I HAVE CHOSEN HIM TO BE MY SON, AND I WILL BE HIS FATHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU, SOLOMON MY SON, KNOW THOU THE GOD OF THY FATHER, AND SERVE HIM WITH A PERFECT HEART AND WITH A WILLING MIND: FOR THE LORD SEARCHETH ALL HEARTS, AND UNDERSTANDETH ALL THE IMAGINATIONS OF THE THOUGHTS:_ _ IF THOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND OF THEE; BUT IF THOU FORSAKE HIM, HE WILL CAST THEE... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE HEED NOW; FOR THE LORD HATH CHOSEN THEE TO BUILD AN HOUSE FOR THE SANCTUARY: BE STRONG, AND DO IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN DAVID GAVE TO SOLOMON HIS SON THE PATTERN OF THE PORCH, AND OF THE HOUSES THEREOF, AND OF THE TREASURIES THEREOF, AND OF THE UPPER CHAMBERS THEREOF, AND OF THE INNER PARLOURS THEREOF, AND OF THE PLACE OF THE MERCY SEAT,_ Then David gave to Solomon ... the pattern. He now put into the hands of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PATTERN OF ALL THAT HE HAD BY THE SPIRIT, OF THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND OF ALL THE CHAMBERS ROUND ABOUT, OF THE TREASURIES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND OF THE TREASURIES OF THE DEDICATED THINGS:_ The pattern of all that he had by the Spirit - rather, with him in spirit; i:e., was... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO FOR THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES, AND FOR ALL THE WORK OF THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND FOR ALL THE VESSELS OF SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN THE WEIGHT FOR THE CANDLESTICKS OF GOLD, AND FOR THEIR LAMPS OF GOLD, BY WEIGHT FOR EVERY CANDLESTICK, AND FOR THE LAMPS THEREOF: AND FOR THE CANDLESTICKS OF SILVER BY WEIGHT, BOTH FOR THE CANDLESTICK, AND ALSO FOR THE LAMPS THEREOF, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF EVERY CANDLESTICK._ The candlestick... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BY WEIGHT HE GAVE GOLD FOR THE TABLES OF SHEWBREAD, FOR EVERY TABLE; AND LIKEWISE SILVER FOR THE TABLES OF SILVER:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FOR THE ALTAR OF INCENSE REFINED GOLD BY WEIGHT; AND GOLD FOR THE PATTERN OF THE CHARIOT OF THE CHERUBIMS, THAT SPREAD OUT THEIR WINGS, AND COVERED THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD._ The chariot of the cherubim. The expanded wings of the cherubim formed what was figuratively called the thro... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THIS, SAID DAVID, THE LORD MADE ME UNDERSTAND IN WRITING BY HIS HAND UPON ME, EVEN ALL THE WORKS OF THIS PATTERN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO SOLOMON HIS SON, BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE, AND DO IT: FEAR NOT, NOR BE DISMAYED: FOR THE LORD GOD, EVEN MY GOD, WILL BE WITH THEE; HE WILL NOT FAIL THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE, UNTIL THOU HAST FINISHED ALL THE WORK FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD._ Be strong and of good... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 C... [ Continue Reading ]