_A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018._ David prepares for building the temple, 1 Chronicles 22:1. Instructs Solomon concerning the work, 1 Chronicles 22:6. Commands the princes to assist him therein, 1 Chronicles 22:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then David said_ Through the instinct and direction of God's Spirit, by which as he is said to have _had the pattern of the house, porch, altar_, &c., (1 Chronicles 28:11,) so doubtless he was instructed as to the place where the house should be built. _This is the house_, &c. This is the place app... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 stones_ Wherein he could not do much, being prevented by death; but Solomon carried on and perfected wha... [ Continue Reading ]
_So David prepared abundantly_ And with good reason, because it was intended for the honour of the great God, and was to be a type of Christ, in whom all fulness dwells, and in whom are hid all treasures.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast shed blood, &c.; thou shalt not build a house unto my name_ Not that wars are simply unlawful, but to teach us that the church (whereof the temple was an illustrious type) should be built by Christ, _the Prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6_, and that it should be gathered and built up, _not by mi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord _ This he alleges as a reason why he could do no more, because of the many troubles and wars in which he had been engaged, both foreign and domestic, whereby much of his treasure had been exhausted. _A hundred thousand talents of gold_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Of the brass and the iron there is no number_ The meaning is, the quantity of brass and iron was not numbered, as that of the gold and silver was. _Arise, therefore, and be doing_ When thou shalt come to the throne. The sense of God's presence must not slacken our endeavours; because he is with us,... [ Continue Reading ]
_The land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people_ It is brought under the command of God, and of you his people, all the enemies of God and of Israel, in it or near it, being now perfectly subdued.... [ Continue Reading ]