Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Chronicles 29:4
Of Ophir — The best and purest gold. The walls — The walls of the temple with God, and of the rooms adjoining to it, with silver beaten out into plates.
Of Ophir — The best and purest gold. The walls — The walls of the temple with God, and of the rooms adjoining to it, with silver beaten out into plates.
The numbers here have also suffered to some extent from the carelessness of copyists (compare the 1 Chronicles 22:14 note). The amount of silver is not indeed improbable, since its value would not exc...
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....
HOUSES. Compare 1 Chronicles 28:11....
_gold of Ophir_ Solomon brought much gold from _Ophir_. (2Ch 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10 = 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11), which is probably to be identified with some part of the south-east coast of Arabia...
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...
_EVEN THREE THOUSAND TALENTS OF GOLD, OF THE GOLD OF OPHIR, AND SEVEN THOUSAND TALENTS OF REFINED SILVER, TO OVERLAY THE WALLS OF THE HOUSES WITHAL:_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
THREE THOUSAND, etc.] The weights here named, as in many other places in Chronicles, are incredibly large, amounting in value to £21,320,000 of our money....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 29 Gifts to build the *temple –...
THREE THOUSAND TALENTS OF GOLD. — Comp. 1 Chronicles 22:14. The sum would be about £18,000,000 sterling. GOLD OF OPHIR. — Indian gold, from _Abhîra,_ at the mouth of the Indus. SEVEN THOUSAND TALENT...
שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים כִּכְּרֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב מִ זְּהַ֣ב...
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...
[Even] (c) three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]: (c) He shows what he had of his own store f...
The motive of David's liberality is beautifully set forth in this account. It was not to bribe God with his own gifts. It was not to give of the possessions of the body for the sin of the soul. But it...
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...
EVEN THREE THOUSAND TALENTS OF GOLD,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer c, amount to 36,660,000 ducats of gold; and, according to Brerewood d, to 13,500,000 pounds of our money: OF THE GOLD OF OPHIR;...
__ 1 Chronicles 29:4 _[Even] three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]:_ Ver. 4. _To overlay the...
_I have prepared with all my might_ He did not intend to throw all the burden upon them, nor that it should be built wholly by the contributions of the people, although intended for their benefit; but...
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...
even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, celebrated for its purity, AND SEVEN THOUSAND TALENTS OF REFINED SILVER TO OVER LAY THE WALLS OF THE HOUSES WITHAL, this amount being estimat...
THE OFFERING OF THE PRINCES AND OF THE PEOPLE...
1-9 What is done in works of piety and charity, should be done willingly, not by constraint; for God loves a cheerful giver. David set a good example. This David offered, not from constraint, or for s...
THE GOLD OF OPHIR was accounted the best and purest gold; of which see JOB 22:24, JOB 28:16 ISAIAH 13:12; by which it appears that those hundred thousand talents mentioned before,...
1 Chronicles 29:4 three H7969 thousand H505 talents H3603 gold H2091 gold H2091 Ophir H211 seven H7651 thousand H
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...
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation. CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE I. The nearer a good man approaches his end, the more spiritually-minded he becomes. II. The...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 29:1 The temple is referred to as a PALACE (v. 1 Chronicles 29:1), for it is God’s kingly residence among his p
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 Kings 9:28; Job 28:16...