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 called the tower of Antonia, but here and in 1 Chronicles 29:19 is employed of Solomon's Temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF MINE OWN PROPER GOOD] RV 'a treasure of mine own.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAMS] The dram (Gk. _drachma_) was ½ shekel; and the value (according to the early Hebrew weights) of all the gold mentioned in this v. would be about £30,760,000, and of the silver about £4,100,000.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID SAID] David in his prayer recognised that it was not in his, or any man's, power to add to God's glory. The building of the Temple could only manifest his and his people's devotion and gratitude for the goodness which had bestowed such wealth upon them.... [ Continue Reading ]
NONE ABIDING] better, 'no hope of abiding.'... [ Continue Reading ]
WORSHIPPED THE.. KING] cp. Psalms 45:11. The same kind of prostrations were made both in divine worship and in paying respect to the sovereign.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND TIME] The 'first time' is only described at length in 1 Kings 1:39, though the writer of Chronicles alludes to it in 1 Chronicles 23:1. ZADOK. _to be_ PRIEST] This seems to anticipate the promotion which Zadok received when Solomon, after David's death, deposed Abiathar: 1 Kings 2:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TIMES THAT WENT OVER HIM] i.e. the fortunes that befell him.... [ Continue Reading ]