CHAPTER XVII _David consults Nathan about building a temple for God_, 1, 2. _God sends him an answer by Nathan, informing him that Solomon_ _shall build the house_, 3-14. _David receives the Divine purpose with humility and joy, and_ _gives God praise_, 15-27. NOTES ON CHAP. XVII Verse 1 Chro... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:5. _BUT HAVE GONE FROM TENT TO TENT_] "I have transferred my tabernacle from Gilgal to Nob, from Nob to Shiloh, and from Shiloh to Gibeon."-_Targum_ and _Jarchi_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:9. _NEITHER SHALL THE CHILDREN OF WICKEDNESS_] They shall no more be brought into _servitude_ as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:12. _I WILL ESTABLISH HIS THRONE FOR EVER._] David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isaiah 9:7, where there is evidently the same reference.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:13. _I WILL NOT TAKE MY MERCY AWAY FROM HIM_] I will not cut off his family _from the throne_, as I did that of his predecessor Saul.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:16. _AND WHAT_ IS _MINE HOUSE, THAT THOU HAST BROUGHT ME_ _HITHERTO?_] I am not of any regal family, and have no natural right to the throne.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:25. _HATH FOUND_ IN HIS HEART _TO PRAY_] The Targum expresses a full sense: "Therefore thy servant hath found an opening of mouth, that he might pray before Thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:27. _FOR THOU BLESSEST, O LORD_] "Thou beginnest to bless the house of thy servant, therefore it shall be blessed for ever." - _T_. THE reader is requested to refer to 2 Samuel 7, and the notes there for many particulars that belong to the parallel places here, and which it sh... [ Continue Reading ]