For we are strangers before Thee and sojourners, as were all our fathers, the uncertainty and vanity of this earthly life being its most conspicuous feature. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Note how strongly the otherworldliness of the true religion is emphasized.
Verse 1 Chronicles 29:15. _FOR WE_ ARE _STRANGERS_] We have here neither _right_ nor _property_. _AND SOJOURNERS_] Lodging as it were for a _night_, in the mansion of another. AS WERE _ALL OUR FATHE...
CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL WORDS AND ACTIONS OF DAVID AND HIS DEATH _ 1. The exhortation (1 Chronicles 29:1)_ 2. The response (1 Chronicles 29:6) 3. David's praise and prayer (1 Ch
RESPONSE TO DAVIDS APPEAL FOR OFFERINGS: HIS THANKSGIVING AND DEATH. 1 Chronicles 29:1. _Cf._ Exodus 35:4; Exodus 35:20....
WE ARE STRANGERS. Compare Psalms 39:12; Psalms 119:19. NONE ABIDING. no hope of continuance....
_strangers before thee, and sojourners_ David describes himself and his people not as strangers _to_God, but as strangers _dwelling before_God. In ancient states foreigners were sometimes allowed to r...
The Blessing of David 11. _thine_is _the kingdom, O LORD, and_thou _art exalted as head above all_ Render, THINE, IS THE KINGDOM, O LORD, AND THINE IT IS TO BE EXALTED AS HEAD OVER ALL....
DISCOURSE: 392 SAINTS STRANGERS ON EARTH 1 Chronicles 29:15. _We are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding_....
26. GIFTS AND THANKSGIVING (1 Chronicles 29:1-25) TEXT 1 Chronicles 29:1. And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the w...
_THINE, O LORD, IS THE GREATNESS, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, AND THE VICTORY, AND THE MAJESTY: FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE HEAVEN AND IN THE EARTH IS THINE; THINE IS THE KINGDOM, O LORD, AND THOU ART EX...
NONE ABIDING] better, 'no hope of abiding.'...
DAVID'S OFFERINGS, THANKSGIVING, AND DEATH 1. The palace] The word in the original is more strictly applicable to the fortress which was attached to the Second Temple (Nehemiah 2:8) and afterwards ca...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 29 Gifts to build the *temple –...
FOR WE ARE STRANGERS BEFORE THEE, AND SOJOURNERS. — Psalms 39:12. OUR DAYS ON THE EARTH ARE AS A (the) SHADOW. — Job 8:9; Psalms 144:4. AND THERE IS NONE ABIDING. — Rather, _and there is no hope;_ no...
כִּֽי ־גֵרִ֨ים אֲנַ֧חְנוּ לְ פָנֶ֛יךָ וְ תֹוש
THE LAST PRAYER OF DAVID 1 Chronicles 29:10 IN order to do justice to the chronicler's method of presenting us with a number of very similar illustrations of the same principle, we have in the previo...
This is the account of the final stage in the greatest work of David's life, namely, his preparation for building the Temple. The king had a treasure of his own, over and above what he had gathered fo...
For we [are] (i) strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding. (i) Therefore we have this land loaned to us f...
_Strangers. We have nothing but what we have received from thee; and for how short a time! (Calmet) --- No stay. Hebrew, "none abiding, (Haydock; or) no hope" of being able to escape death, (Calmet) w...
Nothing can be more sweet, more interesting, more expressive. He first begins in blessing. Who so worthy to be praised as the Lord, as he is in himself? What so suitable for man to offer as praise for...
_‘AS A SHADOW LIFE IS FLEETING’_ ‘Our days on the earth are as a shadow.’ 1 Chronicles 29:15 I. THE SHADOW IS A FIT EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE.—From the hour it falls on the dial it moves round the littl...
God would also associate the people with David in this willing service of the day of His power; and, even as they had been associated with him in his wars and conflicts, there are those who shall be s...
FOR WE ARE STRANGERS BEFORE THEE, AND SOJOURNERS, AS WERE ALL OUR FATHERS,.... For though they were in possession of the land of Canaan, yet they held it not in their own right, but as the Lord's, WH...
_For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding._ Ver. 15. _For we are strangers before thee, and...
_For we are strangers before thee_, &c. Poor, despicable creatures. The land which we possess is thine, not ours; we are not the proprietors, but only thy tenants: and as our fathers once were mere st...
1 Dauid by his example and intreatie, 6 causeth the Princes and people to offer willingly. 10 Dauids thankesgiuing and prayer. 20 The people hauing blessed God and sacrificed, make Solomon King. 2...
ABIDING: _ Heb._ expectation...
10-19 We cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple, and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and silver were employed. But the unsearchable riches of Christ e...
These words may contain a reason, either, 1. Of the first clause of 1 CHRONICLES 29:14, _Who am I_ &c., i.e. what mean and contemptible creatures are we, and how unworthy of so high a favour! _for_, s...
1 Chronicles 29:15 aliens H1616 pilgrims H8453 before H6440 fathers H1 days H3117 earth H776 shadow H6738 hope...
1 Chronicles 29:15 The shadow is a fit emblem of human life. From the hour it falls on the dial it moves round the little circle until the sun sinks, when in a moment it is gone. A few hours past, an...
CONTENTS: David exhorts the people. The princes and people willingly offer. David's thanksgiving and prayer. Solomon made king. David's death. CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon, Zadok. CONCLUSION: Tho...
1 Chronicles 29:2. _Marble._ The LXX read Parian marble; that is, marble from the isle of Paros, or white marble. They knew this by documents of authority. 1 Chronicles 29:29. _The book of Samuel._ Se...
_For we are strangers before Thee._ HUMAN FRAILTY AND ITS LESSONS Every solemn moment of human life discovers more or less its vanity. It is not only when we stand beside the grave and mourn the wrec...
_Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation._ THE LAST THANKSGIVING Every sentence weighed and measured for the occasion. I. The infinite perfections of God. 1. God in His unspea...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 29:10 David’s great prayer of praise and his humble request marks the high point of his reign. David says that God examines the human heart for UPRIGHTNESS, that is,...
CRITICAL NOTES.] We have in this chapter contributions of the princes to the temple (1 Chronicles 29:1); the public thanksgiving of David (1 Chronicles 29:10); David’s prayer for Solomon (1 Chronicles...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 29:1 These verses continue the account of what David said to the whole congregation, respecting his son Solomon and his tender age in view of the great enterprise of building...
Furthermore David the king said unto the congregation, Solomon my son, whom God had chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. Now I h...
1 Peter 2:11; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Genesis 47:9; Hebrews 11:13;...
Strangers — For the land which we possess is thine, not ours; we are not the proprietors but only thy tenants: and as our fathers once were mere strangers in it, even before men, so we at this day are...