And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel, partly descendants of the former Canaanite nations, partly war captives, as all these people were to be laborers in building the projected Temple; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
Verse 1 Chronicles 22:2. _THE STRANGERS THAT_ WERE _IN THE LAND_] Those who had become _proselytes_ to the Jewish religion, at least so far as to renounce idolatry, and keep what were called the seve...
THE STRANGERS - i. e., the aliens the non-Israelite population of the land. Compare 2 Chronicles 2:17....
IV. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The Preparations and Charge to Solomon CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The material (1 Chronicles 22:1)_ 2. The charge to Solomon (1 Chronicles 22:6) 3. The cha...
1 CHRONICLES 22:2 TO 1 CHRONICLES 29:30. The whole of this section is the work of the Chronicler, though it is probable that he utilised some earlier sources in compiling it; a good deal of OT materia...
David's Preparations for Building the Temple 2. _the strangers_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 2:17; 2 Chronicles 8:7 … 9 (R.V.). Hewing of stone was regarded as task-work unit for free men. _wrought stones_ All t...
14. DAVID'S PROVISIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 22) TEXT 1 Chronicles 22:1. Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel. 2. And David command...
_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 stran...
DAVID'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE This chapter is supplementary to the narrative in the earlier books, its contents coming chronologically between 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Kings 1....
THE STRANGERS] i.e. the non-Israelite population, who were employed in forced labour upon his building projects: 2 Chronicles 2:17....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 22 David prepares for the *temple –...
AND DAVID COMMANDED TO GATHER TOGETHER THE STRANGERS. — The word rendered “to gather together” (_kânas_) is different from the terms used in 1 Chronicles 15:3; 1 Chronicles 19:7, and is late in this s...
(2-5) David gathers craftsmen, and accumulates materials for building the house of God....
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד לִ כְנֹוס֙ אֶת ־הַ
In the place where the mercy of God operated in staying the plague resulting from his sin, David chose to build the house of his God. The threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite was chosen as the site of...
And David commanded to gather together the (b) strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. (b) Meaning, cunning men of other nation...
Proselytes. This is the first time that the word occurs in the Vulgate. See Exodus xii. 45. It means "strangers," (Calmet) who were not allowed to live in the country, unless they would observe the na...
These verses represent David in a very engaging light. Though the honor of building this temple was not to be his, yet he will do his utmost towards it, that he may show his zeal and love to so good a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
AND DAVID COMMANDED TO GATHER TOGETHER THE STRANGERS THAT WERE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL,.... The proselytes, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; that is, proselytes of the gate, who submitted t...
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. Ver. 2. _To gather together the strangers._]...
_To gather the strangers that were in the land of Israel_ The same persons whom Solomon afterward employed in the same work; of which see 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:20. _He set masons to hew wrought ston...
1 Dauid foreknowing the place of the Temple, prepareth abundance for the building of it. 6 Hee instructeth Solomon in Gods promises, and his duety in building the Temple. 17 He chargeth the Princes...
1-5 On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations f...
THE STRANGERS THAT WERE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL; the same persons whom Solomon afterwards employed in the same work; of which see 1 KINGS 5:15, compared with 1 KINGS 9:20,21. HE SET MASONS TO HEW WROUGH...
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1 Chronicles 22:1. _Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel._ From that moment, this place was set apart as the site of the future t...
1 Chronicles 22:1 _Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel._ Now he knew where the temple was to be built; and of a certainty he had...
CONTENTS: Material prepared for the temple. David instructs Solomon in God's promises. Princes charged to assist Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Nothing is more powerful to enga...
1 Chronicles 22:14. _In my trouble,_ that is, in my state of weakness and wars, _I have prepared a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver._ David having been victo...
_And David commanded to gather together the strangers._ WHAT WE CANNOT DESTROY MAY BE USEFULLY EMPLOYED Whom we are not able to destroy we may be able to employ in holy service, is a doctrine which i...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 22:2 To prepare for building the temple, David recruited RESIDENT ALIENS as forced laborers (see 2 Samuel 20:24; see
CRITICAL NOTES.] The remaining Chapter s of this book are peculiar to the chronist. They narrate the arrangements of David for the building of the temple, his religious and political regulations, and...
EXPOSITION From the commencement of this chapter to the close of the First Book of the Chronicles we again travel alone, and, with the exception of parallel passages of a merely ordinary character, ha...
Now as we get into chapter twenty-two, He then called for Solomon his son (1 Chronicles 22:6), He had gathered together the men of Israel and he called Solomon his son. and he charged him to build a...
1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Kings 5:17; 1 Kings 5:18; 1 Kings 6:7; 1 Kings 7