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Chronicles Chapter Twenty-two
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 22
In
this chapter we read of the place David pitched upon by divine direction for
building the temple on
1 Chronicles 22:1
the preparation he made of artificers to build it
and of matter to build it
of
as iron
brass
and wood
1 Chronicles 22:2
the charge and instructions he gave to Solomon to set about it
1 Chronicles 22:6
and to the princes of Israel to assist him in it
1 Chronicles 22:7.
1 Chronicles
22:1 Then David
said
“This is the house of the Lord God
and this is
the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
YLT
21:31And David saith
`This is
the house of Jehovah God
and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'
Then David said
.... Within himself
or to some principal
persons about him:
this is the house of the Lord God; the place where the
temple was to be built
hinted at in Deuteronomy 12:5
and elsewhere; the meaning is
here
or in "this" place
shall be the
house of God
so NoldiusF15Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 352. No. 1257.
for as yet there were none; but it was now made known to David that here it
should be built
and so the words in 2 Chronicles 3:1
should be rendered:
then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem
which was shown to David his father
which he prepared in the place of David
that which he bought in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite: and this is
the altar for the burnt offering for Israel; not which he had built
here; but this is the place where one should be built for the people of Israel
to bring their offerings to
and to be here offered for them by the priests:
this he said by a divine impulse upon his mind
or which he concluded from the
acceptance of his sacrifice here
signified by fire that came down from heaven
and consumed it; and this being in the threshingfloor of the Jebusites
might
prefigure the church of God to be built up among the Gentiles.
1 Chronicles
22:2 2 So
David commanded to gather the aliens who were in the land of Israel; and
he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.
YLT
1And David saith to gather
the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel
and appointeth hewers to hew
hewn-stones to build a house of God.
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in
the land of Israel
.... The proselytes
as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin
versions; that is
proselytes of the gate
who submitted to the seven precepts
of Noah
were admitted to dwell in the Cities of Israel
see Genesis 9:4 and
these were ordered to be got together to be employed in building the temple
and making preparations for it; and that partly because they were better
artificers than the Israelites
who were chiefly employed in husbandry and
cattle
and partly that the Israelites
who were freemen
might not be put to
hard service; but chiefly this was for the sake of a mystery in it
denoting that
the Gentiles would be concerned in building the spiritual house and church of
God
the temple was a type and figure of
see Zechariah 6:15.
and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God; to dig them
out of the quarries
and fit them for the building.
1 Chronicles
22:3 3 And
David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and
for the joints
and bronze in abundance beyond measure
YLT
2And iron in abundance for
nails for leaves of the gates
and for couplings
hath David prepared
and
brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors
of the gates
and for the joinings
.... Great plenty of iron
to make nails of for joining the boards together
of which the doors and gates
were to be made
and for the fastening of the hinges of them:
and brass in abundance without weight; for making
the altar of brass
and the laver of brass
and other vessels. Brass was much
used by the Heathens in sacred things
as MacrobiusF16Saturnal. l.
5. c. 19. observes.
1 Chronicles
22:4 4 and
cedar trees in abundance; for the Sidonians and those from Tyre brought much
cedar wood to David.
YLT
3And cedar-trees even
without number
for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in
abundance to David.
Also cedar trees in abundance
.... To be sawed into
boards and planks for the cieling
wainscotting
and flooring of the temple
and other things:
for the Zidonians
and they of Tyre
brought much cedar wood to
David; from Mount Lebanon
which was chiefly in their possession; and
which they did either of themselves as a free gift and present to him
or at
his request
for which he paid them; and this is another thing prefiguring the
help of the Gentiles in building up the church of Christ in Gospel times.
1 Chronicles 22:5 5 Now David said
“Solomon
my son is young and inexperienced
and the house to be built for the Lord must be
exceedingly magnificent
famous and glorious throughout all countries. I will
now make preparation for it.” So David made abundant preparations before his
death.
YLT
4And David saith
`Solomon
my son [is] a youth and tender
and the house to be built to Jehovah [is] to be
made exceedingly great
for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me
prepare
I pray Thee
for it;' and David prepareth in abundance before his
death.
And David said
Solomon my son is young and tender
.... Jarchi
supposes he was about twelve years of age
though he observes that the same
word is used of Joshua when forty two years of age; it is probable Solomon
might be now about twenty:
and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding
magnificent
of fame and of glory throughout all countries: and such was
the temple built by Solomon; it was renowned throughout the whole earth; never
was there a temple equal to it
no
not the famous temple of Diana at Ephesus
built by the assistance of many kings
and at the expense of all Asia
and was
two hundred years in building:
I will therefore now
make preparation for it; seeing his
son was so young
and this building to be so magnificent
though he himself was
not admitted to build it:
so David prepared abundantly before his death; of which we
have an after account in this chapter
and more largely in 1 Chronicles 28:1.
1 Chronicles 22:6 6 Then he called for his son
Solomon
and charged him to build a house for the Lord God of Israel.
YLT
5And he calleth for Solomon
his son
and chargeth him to build a house to Jehovah
God of Israel
Then he called for Solomon his son
.... To be brought before
him:
and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel; which charge
was given a little before his death
after he had made great preparations for
this work
as appears from 1 Chronicles 22:5.
1 Chronicles 22:7 7 And David said to Solomon:
“My son
as for me
it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God;
YLT
6and David saith to Solomon
his son
`As for me
it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of
Jehovah my God
And David said to Solomon
.... When brought into
his presence:
my son
as for me
it was in my mind to build an house unto the
name of the Lord my God; he was disposed and inclined to it
and was once determined upon
it
see 2 Samuel 7:2.
1 Chronicles 22:8 8 but the word of the Lord came to me
saying
‘You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build
a house for My name
because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.
YLT
7and the word of Jehovah
[is] against me
saying
Blood in abundance thou hast shed
and great wars thou
hast made: thou dost not build a house to My name
for much blood thou hast
shed to the earth before Me.
But the word of the Lord came to me
.... The word of
prophecy
as the Targum
by the mouth of Nathan the prophet:
saying; as follows
which though not expressed in the book of Samuel
before referred to
is here recorded by divine inspiration:
thou hast shed blood abundantly; Kimchi thinks this
refers to the blood of Uriah
and those gallant men that were slain with him
and to the priests slain by the order of Saul
which David was the occasion of
or accidental cause of
1 Samuel 22:22 and
to many good men among the Gentiles; though it was the intention of the Lord to
consume the wicked among them
that they might not prevail over Israel:
and hast made great wars: with the Philistines
Moabites
&c.
thou shall not build an house unto my name
because thou hast shed
much blood upon the earth in my sight; an intimation this
that
the church of God
of which this house was a type
was to be built by Christ
the Prince of peace
and to be supported and maintained not by force of arms
and by spilling of blood
as the religion of Mahomet
but by the preaching of
the Gospel of peace.
1 Chronicles 22:9 9 Behold
a son shall be
born to you
who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his
enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon
[a] for I will
give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
YLT
8`Lo
a son is born to thee;
he is a man of rest
and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round
about
for Solomon is his name
and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in
his days;
Behold
a son shall be born to thee
.... For this was said to
David before the birth of Solomon
see 2 Samuel 7:12.
who shall be a man of rest
and I will give him rest from all his
enemies round about: and so should be at leisure for such a work
and his people
enjoy great prosperity and riches
and so be capable of contributing largely
and liberally to it:
for his name shall be Solomon; which signifies peace
and is one of the six persons that had their names given them before they were
born
as the Jews observeF17Pirke Eliezer
c. 32. :
and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days; and so a
proper time to begin and carry on such a work; of the fulfilment of this
prophecy
see 1 Kings 4:24.
1 Chronicles 22:10 10 He shall build a house for
My name
and he shall be My son
and I will be his Father; and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
YLT
9he doth build a house to My
name
and he is to Me for a son
and I [am] to him for a father
and I have
established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age.
He shall build an house for my name
.... For the worship of
God
and for his honour and glory:
and he shall be my son
and I will be his father; see 2 Samuel 7:13 and
which is applied to Christ
Hebrews 1:5.
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever; that is
for
a long time in his posterity; and which will have its fulfilment in Christ
his
antitype
in the utmost sense of the expression
whose kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom
and his throne for ever and ever
Luke 1:32.
1 Chronicles 22:11 11 Now
my son
may the Lord be with you;
and may you prosper
and build the house of the Lord your God
as
He has said to you.
YLT
10`Now
my son
Jehovah is
with thee
and thou hast prospered
and hast built the house of Jehovah thy
God
as He spake concerning thee.
Now
my son
the Lord be with thee
&c. Or "shall
be with thee"F18יהי "erit"
Pagninus
Montanus; "futurus est"
Junius & Tremellius
Piscator.
as some; and if it be as a prayer
it was no doubt a prayer of faith; the
Targum is
"may the Word of the Lord be thine help:"
and prosper thee; may success attend thee:
and build the house of the Lord thy God
as he hath said of thee; foretold he
should
and therefore would assist him to do it
which was an encouragement to
go about it.
1 Chronicles 22:12 12 Only may the Lord give you
wisdom and understanding
and give you charge concerning Israel
that you may
keep the law of the Lord
your God.
YLT
11Only
Jehovah give to thee
wisdom and understanding
and charge thee concerning Israel
even to keep the
law of Jehovah thy God;
Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding
.... To manage
and conduct an affair of such importance
as well as to govern the people
as
follows:
and give thee charge concerning Israel; or
when he gives
commits the
charge of them to thee
sets thee king over them:
that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God; have wisdom
and understanding to do that
and make that the rule of all thine actions
private and public
in thine own house
in the house of God
and in all things
relative to that
and in the government of the nation.
1 Chronicles 22:13 13 Then you will prosper
if
you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments with which the Lord charged Moses
concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.
YLT
12then thou dost prosper
if
thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged
Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear
nor be
cast down.
Then shall thou prosper
if thou takest heed to fulfil the
statutes
.... See 1 Kings 2:2 where
the same things are said as here: which shows that this was spoken by David a
little before his death.
1 Chronicles 22:14 14 Indeed I have taken much
trouble to prepare for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand
talents of gold and one million talents of silver
and bronze and iron beyond
measure
for it is so abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also
and you
may add to them.
YLT
13`And lo
in mine affliction
I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand
and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no
weighing
for in abundance it hath been
and wood and stones I have prepared
and to them thou dost add.
Now
behold
in my trouble
.... Or affliction
which
had attended him
through the greater part of his reign
partly through wars
abroad
and partly through rebellions and insurrections at home: or:
in my povertyF1בעניי "in
paupertate mea"
V. L. ; living in a frugal way
as if he had been a poor
man
in order to lay up money for this purpose:
I have prepared for the house of the Lord; for the
building of it
and for things to be used in it:
an hundred thousand talents of gold
and a thousand thousand
talents of silver; a prodigious sum
be it reckoned as it will; the gold
according
to ScheuchzerF2Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 631. was answerable to
1
222
000
000 ducats of gold; according to WaserusF3De Antiqu. Num.
Heb. l. 2. c. 13. the talents of gold made six hundred millions of Hungarian
pieces of gold
or 6000 tons of gold; our BrerewoodF4De Pond. &
Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5. makes them to amount to 450
000
000 pounds; but this
being a sum so excessive large as what exceeds the riches of any monarch read
of in history
he thinksF5De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 6. the
word "kikkar" signifies a mass or cake of gold of an uncertain value;
or that this talent was of a lesser value than the Mosaic one
as there were
small talents in the times of HomerF6Vid. Suidam in voce ταλαντον.
as he observes
and some of different worth in various
countries. The silver
taking gold to be in proportion to silver as ten to one
as it formerly was
is just of the same value with the gold; but Brerewood
who
takes it to be as twelve to one
computes it at 375
000
000 pounds; but the
proportion of gold to silver is now grown
as Bishop Cumberland observesF7Scripture
Weights and Measures
ch. 4. p. 121.
to above fourteen to one. According to
Scheuchzer the silver talents amounted to 4
500
000
000 imperials or rix
dollars; according to WitsiusF8Miscell. Sacr. 2. Exercit. 10. sect.
17. the gold and silver both amounted to 3000 and nine hundred millions of
pieces of gold; but JosephusF9Antiqu. l. 7. c. 14. sect. 2. has
reduced these sums very much
making them to be 10
000 talents of gold
and
100
000 of silver. Dr. PrideauxF11Connection
part 1. p. 6. says
that what is said to be given by David here
and in 1 Chronicles 29:3
and by his princes
1 Chronicles 29:6
if valued by the Mosaic talent
exceeded the value of eight hundred million of
our money
which was enough to have built the whole temple of solid silver:
and of brass and iron without weight
for it is in abundance; there was so
much of both
that it was too much trouble to take the weight and value of
them:
timber also and stone have I prepared; see 1 Chronicles 22:2.
and thou mayest add thereunto; which might easily be
obtained
there being not a sufficiency of either of them prepared for the
work.
1 Chronicles 22:15 15 Moreover there are
workmen with you in abundance: woodsmen and stonecutters
and all types of
skillful men for every kind of work.
YLT
14`And with thee in abundance
[are] workmen
hewers and artificers of stone and of wood
and every skilful
man for every work.
Moreover
there are workmen with thee in abundance
.... All the
strangers in the land being gathered by the order of David
1 Chronicles 22:2
who were skilled in all manner of work
as follows:
hewers and workers of stone and timber; masons and
carpenters:
and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work; joiners
carvers
&c.
1 Chronicles 22:16 16 Of gold and silver and
bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working
and the Lord be with you.”
YLT
15To the gold
to the silver
and to the brass
and to the iron
there is no number; arise and do
and
Jehovah is with thee.'
Of the gold
the silver
and the brass
and the iron
.... That is
the cunning artificers were skilful to work in each of these
some in gold and
silver
others in brass and iron:
there is no number; either of the workmen
or of these
materials; which yet must be restrained to the brass and iron
for the gold and
silver are numbered
but not the brass and iron
1 Chronicles 22:14
arise therefore
and be doing: not that he should set
about and begin the building the temple directly; but as soon as he could after
he came to the throne
and not neglect and delay it:
and the Lord be with thee; as in 1 Chronicles 22:11
and here
as there
the Targum is
"may the Word of the Lord be thy help.'
1 Chronicles 22:17 17 David also commanded all
the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son
saying
YLT
16And David giveth charge to
all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son
David also commanded all the princes of Israel
.... His
courtiers and nobles that were about him:
to help Solomon his son; by their advice
and
with their purses
should he need them
and by overlooking the workmen
directing and encouraging them:
saying; as follows.
1 Chronicles 22:18 18 “Is not the Lord your God with
you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the
inhabitants of the land into my hand
and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His
people.
YLT
17`Is not Jehovah your God
with you? yea
He hath given rest to you round about
for He hath given into my
hand the inhabitants of the land
and subdued hath been the land before His
people.
Is not the Lord your God with you?.... Blessing them with
wealth and riches:
and hath he not given you rest on every side? from all
enemies within and without; so that they had peace and quietness
and leisure
to attend the service he recommended to them:
for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; meaning the
rest of the Canaanites
who before were unsubdued
as even the Jebusites in
Jerusalem:
and the land is subdued before the Lord
and before his people; and the
extent of it carried to its utmost bounds
as God had promised.
1 Chronicles 22:19 19 Now set your heart and
your soul to seek the Lord
your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God
to bring
the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of
God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.”
YLT
18`Now
give your heart and
your soul to seek to Jehovah your God
and rise and build the sanctuary of
Jehovah God
to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
and the holy
vessels of God
to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.'
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God
.... His
honour and glory
most sincerely and cordially
and to the utmost of their
power:
arise ye
and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God; assist
therein
and encourage the work as much as they were able
without delay:
to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord; which was now
in a tent of David's erecting and pitching:
and the holy vessels of God: which were in the
tabernacle at Gibeon: into the house that is to be built to the name of the
Lord: that so they might be together
and made use of; which in times past had
been separated
and much neglected.
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