XXIX. CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY. (1) FURTHERMORE. — _And._ David reviews his own preparations, and asks the offerings of the assembly, which are cheerfully accorded (1 Chronicles 29:1). ALONE. — Of all his brothers. YOUNG AND TENDER. — 1 Chronicles 22:5. THE PALACE (_bîrâh_). —... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW I HAVE PREPARED. — _And with all might have I prepared_ (1 Chronicles 22:14; comp. also Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 28:9). THE GOLD FOR THINGS TO BE MADE OF GOLD. — Literally, _the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver,_ &c. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 28:14.) ONYX (_shôham_). — So Vulg. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SET MY AFFECTION TO THE HOUSE. — 1 Chronicles 28:4 (he liked, _râçâh:_ Psalms 26:8). I HAVE OF MINE OWN PROPER GOOD, OF GOLD AND SILVER. — I have a personal property in gold and silver. For the word _sĕgullâh,_ peculium, see Exodus 19:5. I HAVE GIVEN — _i.e.,_ I give (1 Chronicles 21:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 TALENTS OF REFINED SILVER. — About £2,800,000 sterling. TO OVERLAY. — Strictly, _to besmear_ (Isaiah 44:1... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOLD FOR THINGS OF GOLD. — Literally. _as for the gold, for the gold, and as for the silver for the silver_ — _Scil., “_I give it” (1 Chronicles 29:3) — _and for every work by hand of craftsmen._ AND WHO THEN IS WILLING TO CONSECRATE HIS SERVICE? — Literally, _And who volunteers_ (Judges 5:1) _... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS. — _And the princes of the clans,_ &c., _volunteered, showed themselves liberal_ (_nâdîb:_ 1 Chronicles 28:21; comp. Proverbs 19:6). CHIEF... PRINCES... CAPTAINS... RULERS. — All these words represent a single Hebrew term (_sârîm_)_. Princes of the clans or houses = he... [ Continue Reading ]
AND GAVE... OF GOLD. — And they gave... gold, five thousand talents; between thirty and forty millions sterling (!). TEN THOUSAND DRAMS. — Rather, _Darics._ The Daric (Greek, Δαρεικὸς) was a Persian gold coin, value about £1 2s., first struck by the great Darius, son of Hystaspes (B.C. 521-485). It... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY WITH WHOM PRECIOUS STONES WERE FOUND GAVE THEM. — Literally, _And with whom there was found stones, they gave unto the treasure._ (Comp., for this use of the article as a relative, 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 26:28; Ezra 8:25.) THE TREASURE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. — 1 Chronicles 26:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN (and) THE PEOPLE REJOICED, FOR THAT THEY OFFERED WILLINGLY. — Comp. Judges 5:1. WITH PERFECT HEART. — 1 Chronicles 28:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE. — _And._ David’s Prayer (1 Chronicles 29:10). David thanks God because his people are at one with him on the subject nearest his heart. Touching this fine utterance of a true inspiration, which the chronicler — or rather, perhaps, his authority — puts into the mouth of the aged king, we m... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE, O LORD, IS THE GREATNESS. — The point of 1 Chronicles 29:11 seems to be that David arrogates nothing to himself; but, with the humility of genuine greatness, ascribes everything to God. As if he said, “The greatness of my kingdom, the prowess of my warriors, the splendour and majesty of my th... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTH RICHES AND HONOUR COME OF THEE. — Literally, _And the riches and the honour are from before thee._ (Comp. Proverbs 3:16; 1 Kings 3:13.) POWER AND MIGHT. — Power, rendered “might” in 1 Chronicles 29:2. MIGHT. — Rendered “power” in 1 Chronicles 29:11. And in thine hand it is to make great (1 Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THEREFORE, OUR GOD, WE THANK THEE. — _And now, our God, we are thanking thee, and praising_ (participles in the Hebrew). _Môdîm,_ “thanking,” occurs nowhere else, though the verb is common in other forms. THY GLORIOUS NAME. — _The name of thy glory:_ here only. (Comp. Isaiah 63:14, and Psalms 7... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHO AM I? — _And, indeed, who am I?_ (answering to the Greek καὶ γάρ). THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE. — _That we should hold in: i.e.,_ keep _strength_ (‘_âçar kôah_)_,_ a phrase confined to six passages in the Chronicles and three in Daniel (Daniel 11:6; Daniel 10:8; Daniel 10:16). ALL THINGS COME O... [ Continue Reading ]
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 outlook, no assured future, no hope of permanence. What is the ground for this plaintive turn in t... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THIS STORE. — Strictly, _multitude;_ and so multitude of goods, riches (Psalms 37:16). COMETH OF THINE HAND, AND IS ALL THINE OWN. — _From thine own hand it is, and thine is the whole._ The whole verse is a clearer expression of the second half of 1 Chronicles 29:14. (Comp. Psalms 104:28.)... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU TRIEST THE HEART. — Psalms 11:4; Psalms 7:9; Psalms 26:2. HAST PLEASURE IN. — 1 Chronicles 28:4; 1 Chronicles 29:3. (Comp. also 1 Chronicles 28:9.) UPRIGHTNESS. — Or, _sincerity_ (_mêshârîm,_ Song of Solomon 1:4). IN THE UPRIGHTNESS (_yôsher_)_,_ integrity ... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. — 1 Chronicles 29:10. (See Genesis 32:28, and Exodus 3:6.) KEEP THIS FOR EVER IN THE IMAGINATION. — Rather, _preserve this for ever:_ to wit, “the cast (1 Chronicles 28:9) of the thoughts of the heart of thy people.” Give permanence to the frame of mind which has evinced itself in the freew... [ Continue Reading ]
TO KEEP THY COMMANDMENTS ... THY STATUTES. — Deuteronomy 6:17. THE PALACE. — 1 Chronicles 29:1. AND TO DO ALL THESE THINGS. — _And to do the whole;_ (scil.) of thy commandments, testimonies, and statutes (comp. 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 28:7), or, _to carry out all my designs._ FOR THE WHI... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW BLESS. — _Bless ye, I pray._ The “now” is not a note of time, but of entreaty. BLESSED THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS. — Probably using a liturgical formula, like the doxologies which close the books of the Psalter (Psalms 41:13; Psalms 72:18; Psalms 89:52, &c). AND BOWED DOWN THEIR HEADS. — Or... [ Continue Reading ]
(20-25) The sacrificial feast and anointing of Solomon.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE MORROW AFTER THAT DAY (_lĕmohŏrath hayyôm hahû_); here only. (Comp. Jonah 4:7.) That is, on the day after the assembly. A THOUSAND BULLOCKS ... — Heb., _Bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, &c.,_ according to the later mode of speech; _and their libations_ (Psalms 16:4; Exodus 29:40; Leviti... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DID EAT AND DRINK. — And they ate and drank. (Comp. the account of the feasting at David’s coronation, 1 Chronicles 12:39.) AND THEY MADE SOLOMON THE SON OF DAVID KING THE SECOND TIME. — The first time is briefly noticed in 1 Chronicles 23:1. (Comp. the full account, 1 Kings 1:32.) AND ANOINTE... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. — And. SOLOMON SAT ON THE THRONE OF THE LORD. — Comp. 1 Chronicles 28:5. AS KING INSTEAD OF DAVID HIS FATHER. — It is not meant that David abdicated. 1 Chronicles 29:23 are anticipative of the history of Solomon’s reign. At the same time, their introduction here is natural, not only as relat... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THE PRINCES (_sârîm_). — The grandees of 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 29:6; not members of the royal house, who are designated as “the king’s sons.” SUBMITTED THEMSELVES. — See marginal rendering. The Vulg. has the exegetical expansion, “dederunt manum et subjeeti fueru... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BESTOWED UPON HIM SUCH ROYAL MAJESTY AS HAD NOT BEEN ON ANY KING BEFORE HIM IN ISRAEL. — Literally, _and put upon him a glory of kingship that had not become on any king over Israel before him._ The phrase “put glory upon...” (_nâthan hôd ‘al..._) occurs in Psalms 8:2. Only two or, counting Ish-... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS DAVID... REIGNED. — Rather, _Now David_... _had reigned._ 1 Chronicles 29:26. — Concluding remarks upon David’s history. OVER ALL ISRAEL. — This alludes to the antecedent reign over Judah only. (See 2 Samuel 5:1; 1 Chronicles 11:1; 1 Chronicles 12:38.)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE TIME (Heb., _the days_). THAT HE REIGNED. — This verse is a duplicate of 1 Kings 2:11, omitting the words “David” at the beginning and _“_years” at the end. SEVEN YEARS. — More exactly, seven and a-half. (See 2 Samuel 5:5.)... [ Continue Reading ]
IN A GOOD OLD AGE. — Genesis 15:15. FULL OF DAYS. — From LXX. and Vulg. (πλήρης ἡμερῶν — _plenus dierum_). Literally, _satisfied with days._ Syriac, “And he was satisfied with the days of his life.” (Comp. 1 Chronicles 23:1; Genesis 35:29.) RICHES AND HONOUR. — 1 Chronicles 29:12. Syriac, “And he... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE ACTS OF DAVID THE KING, FIRST AND LAST. — Literally, _And the words_ (dibrê) _of David the king, the former and the latter, behold they are written in_ “_the words of Samuel the seer_ “(rô-eh), _and in “the words of Nathan the prophet,” and in “the words of Gad the seer”_ (hôzeh). For “writt... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS MIGHT. — Or, _valour, prowess._ (See 1 Chronicles 29:11.) His warlike achievements are intended. (Comp. 1 Kings 15:23; Judges 8:21.) AND THE TIMES THAT WENT OVER HIM. — Heb., _passed over him._ The seasons of good and evil fortune, the vicissitudes of his own and his people’s history. (Comp.... [ Continue Reading ]