Verse 1 Chronicles 28:2. David - stood up upon his feet] He was now very old, and chiefly confined to his bed, (see 1 Kings 1:47;) and while he was addressing his son Solomon, he continued on the bed; but when all the principal nobles of his kingdom came before him he received strength to arise and address them, standing on his feet.
MY BRETHREN - David retains the modest phrase of a king not born in the purple, but raised from the ranks of the people (see 1 Samuel 30:23; 2 Samuel 19:12). No later Jewish monarch would have thus ad...
7. THE LAST ACTS OF DAVID AND HIS DEATH CHAPTER 28 The Great Assembly _ 1. The Address of David to the assembly (1 Chronicles 28:1)_ 2. The patterns, the gold and the silver delivered to Solomon (1...
DAVID'S ADDRESS TO THE GREAT ONES OF THE LAND: HE GIVES SOLOMON THE PLANS OF THE TEMPLE. In this chapter the thread of the narrative is taken up from where it was left at the end of _ch._ 22. 1 Chroni...
STOOD UP UPON HIS FEET. Note David's three attitudes: lying on the earth as. _penitent_ (2 Samuel 12:16. Compare Psalms 51); sitting before Jehovah as. _worshipper_ (2 Samuel 7:18;...
_stood up upon his feet_ Kings sometimes made orations sitting; cp. Acts 12:21. Here the king stands to mark the greatness of the occasion. _my brethren_ The king is the _brother_of his subjects; Deut...
FOR THE FOOTSTOOL OF OUR GOD— Rather _even for the footstool of our God._ See Lamentations 2:1....
24. DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON (1 Chronicles 28:1-10) TEXT 1 Chronicles 28:1. And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served th...
_THEN DAVID THE KING STOOD UP UPON HIS FEET, AND SAID, HEAR ME, MY BRETHREN, AND MY PEOPLE: AS FOR ME, I HAD IN MINE HEART TO BUILD AN HOUSE OF REST FOR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, AND FOR TH...
DAVID'S LAST DIRECTIONS 2. The footstool of our God] i.e. the Mercy Seat: 2 Samuel 6:2; Psalms 132:7....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 28 Final preparations for the *temple –...
THEN DAVID THE KING STOOD UP UPON HIS FEET. — To address the assembly, the king naturally rose from his throne. HEAR ME. — Calling attention, as in Genesis 23:11. MY BRETHREN, AND MY PEOPLE. — Comp....
וַ יָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֤יד הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ עַל ־רַגְלָ֔
Here begins the final charge of the greatest of the Hebrew kings to his son Solomon, and to the princes and captains and mighty men of the nation. He first made an impressive declaration of his recogn...
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of (a) rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and...
Rising up from his bed, on which he lay, on account of his great age and weakness, while he addressed himself to his son; (3 Kings i. 47.; Calmet) or he rose from his throne, to honor this grand assem...
No doubt growing infirmities were upon him; nevertheless he will stand on his feet before them. Observe the kind and affectionate manner of his address; he calls them brethren and people. He next tell...
It is David who places Solomon on the throne, who commands the princes to aid him, and who appoints prophecy in inspired psalms [1]. He ordains the age at which the Levites' service should commence-a...
THEN DAVID THE KING STOOD UP UPON HIS FEET,.... Rose from the bed or couch on which he lay, as Kimchi thinks, being somewhat recovered of his paralytic disorder, and being willing to exert himself on...
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for...
_Then the king stood up upon his feet_ Out of reverence to God, and respect to this great and honourable assembly. _And said, Hear me, my brethren_ So he calls the princes and chief rulers, both becau...
1 Dauid in a solemne assembly, hauing declared Gods fauour to him, and promise to his sonne Solomon, exhorteth them to feare God. 9.20 Hee encourageth Solomon to build the Temple. 11 He giueth him pa...
DAVID ADMONISHES THE PEOPLE CONCERNING THE TEMPLE...
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, having sat before on account of the infirmities of old age, AND SAID, HEAR ME, MY BRETHREN, an address showing both humility and sincere friendliness, AND M...
1-10 During David's last sickness, many chief priests and Levites were at Jerusalem. Finding himself able, David spoke of his purpose to build a temple for God, and of God's disallowing that purpose....
DAVID STOOD UP; partly out of reverence to God and his word, which was the matter of the following discourse; and partly out of respect to this great and honourable assembly. MY BRETHREN; so he calls...
1 Chronicles 28:2 King H4428 David H1732 rose H6965 (H8799) feet H7272 said H559 (H8799) Hear H8085 ...
1 Chronicles 28:1. And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousand...
CONTENTS: David counsels Israel and Solomon concerning the temple. CHARACTERS: God, David, Holy Spirit (1 Chronicles 28:12), Solomon. CONCLUSION: As the time apparently draws nigh for God's servants...
1 Chronicles 28:12. _The pattern of all that he had by the Spirit._ Though the Septuagint read, “the pattern of all that he had in his mind;” yet from 1 Chronicles 28:19, and from Exodus 31:3, it is p...
_And David assembled all the princes of Israel._ DAVID’S ADDRESS TO THE PRINCES I. The attitude which David assumed. II. The Spirit which David manifested. III. The ambition which David cherished....
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 28:1 This section resumes in a public setting David’s private exhortation to Solomon in ch. 1 Chronicles 22:1. The audience ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter and following comprise last words of David, special directions to Solomon in building the temple and succeeding to the throne. _1 Chronicles 28:1_.—_The assembly of princ...
EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter may be said to form one scene with those of the next up to verse 25. They represent David in the presence of a magnificent company of witnesses, the flower of...
And then the courses were established in chapter twenty-seven. There were twelve captains for, one for each month to oversee a particular month. And then the princes were established for the twelve tr...
1 Chronicles 11:1; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 17:2; 1 Chronicles 18:7;...
Stood — Out of reverence to God and respect to this great and honourable assembly. Brethren — So he calls the princes and chief rulers, both because they had a share with him, though under him in the...