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HAST REGARDED ME ... - i. e., “Thou hast elevated me above other
men, by making my kingdom perpetual, regarding me as if I were a man
of high degree.” Compare the 2 Samuel 7:19 note....
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7. THE COVENANT AND THE PROMISE
CHAPTER 17
_ 1. David's plan to build a house (1 Chronicles 17:1)_
2. The covenant and the promise (1 Chronicles 17:7)
3. David's praise and prayer ...
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DAVIDS PURPOSE TO BUILD A TEMPLE IS HINDERED BY NATHAN; GOD'S PROMISE
TO HIM; HIS PRAYER (see notes on 2 Samuel 7).
1 Chronicles 17:1. in his house: the words in 2 Samuel 7:1, and the
Lord had given h...
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REGARDED. Compare "art mindful" of Psalms 8:4.
ESTATE. Hebrew. _tor,_ abbreviation of _torah =_ law. See note on 2
Samuel 7:19.
A MAN. Hebrew. _ha-adam =_ the Man, of Psalms 8:5;...
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_and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree_
Better as in 2 Samuel 7:19, _and this_too _after the manner ofmen_(an
exclamation). The Heb. phrase is not quite the same in the...
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LESSON EIGHT 17-18
DAVID AND THE TEMPLE. ISRAEL GOES TO WAR.
9. DAVID'S PLANS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 17)
INTRODUCTION
David's purpose to build the Temple resulted in Jehovah's revelation
of the et...
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HAST REGARDED ME.. DEGREE] i.e. hast treated me with great
distinction....
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DAVID'S DESIRE TO BUILD THE TEMPLE DISALLOWED
This chapter is almost identical with 2 Samuel 7:1....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 17
God’s special promise to David –...
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AND YET. — Samuel has the word here supplied in italics. David says,
“My unlooked-for exaltation was not enough: thou hast also revealed
to me the far future of my offspring.”
O GOD. — Here and at th...
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וַ תִּקְטַ֨ן זֹ֤את בְּ עֵינֶ֨יךָ֙
אֱלֹהִ֔ים ו
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The presence of the Ark in the city seems to have created in David the
desire to provide for it a permanent and more worthy resting place. He
declared his desire to Nathan. The prophet, acting without...
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And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast
[also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and
hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of (o) high d...
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_Men. Who was ever more favoured by God than David? Hebrew, "Thou hast
regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree."
(Protestants) (Haydock)_...
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For the sake of shortness, I must again refer the Reader to the
Commentary on this conduct of David, as it is written on the 7th
chapter of the 2nd book of Samuel (2 Samuel 7:1). In addition to what
i...
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But although David was to connect kingly power in Zion with the ark of
the covenant, and thus to secure blessing by the power of the king
whom God had chosen, yet the warrior king was not to build the...
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See Gill "1Ch 17:1"....
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1 Nathan first approouing the purpose of Dauid, to build God an house,
3 after by the word of God forbiddeth him.
11 Hee promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed.
16 Dauids prayer and thank...
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David Accepts God's Promises With Thankfulness...
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And yet this, all the temporal blessings which had been given to him
from his early youth, WAS A SMALL THING IN THINE EYES, O GOD; FOR THOU
HAST ALSO SPOKEN OF THY SERVANT'S HOUSE FOR A GREAT WHILE TO...
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i.e. Thou hast treated me as if I had been born the son of a great
monarch, and not a poor shepherd, as indeed I was, O Lord God.
Otherwise thus, _Thou hast regarded or respected me as the type or
fig...
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CONTENTS: David's desire to build the temple. The Davidie covenant and
David's prayer.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Nathan.
CONCLUSION: Thrice happy is that people whose God is Jehovah, for He
will be to...
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REFLECTIONS. In a temporal view the promise made to David, that his
house should for ever fill the throne of Israel, must be regarded as a
branch of the great national covenant, and consequently subje...
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_And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord._
A MODEL OF DEVOUT THANKSGIVING
I. Over what he rejoices.
1. Over great blessings received.
2. Over yet greater blessings promised.
II. In w...
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1 CHRONICLES 17:1 The Dynastic Promise to David. See 2 Samuel 7:1 and
note. God’s promise to David is central to Chronicles. Israel’s
identity as God’s people will be ex
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter coincides with 2 Samuel 7—records
David’s purpose to build a house for God (1 Chronicles 17:1), and
Nathan’s approval. God refuses to permit this, promises a perpetual
ki...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is paralleled by 2 Samuel 7:1; and the parallel is for
the most part very close. The purport of the two accounts may be said
to be identical, while the variations of some few w...
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And Nathan the prophet said, [Good,] do all that is in your heart; for
God is with thee. And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord
spoke to Nathan the prophet, and said, Go and tell David my s...
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1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Chronicles 17:7; 1 Chronicles 17:8; 1 Kings
3:13;...