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1
Chronicles Chapter Twenty-nine
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 29
This
chapter relates how largely and liberally David
besides what he had before
done
and his princes
offered towards defraying the expenses of building the
temple
1 Chronicles 29:1
and the joy and thankfulness that he and his people expressed on that account
attended with prayers for Solomon
and offering sacrifices unto the Lord
1 Chronicles 29:9
and the chapter is closed
and so the book
with an account of the second
unction of Solomon
the placing him on the throne
and the submission of all
ranks of men unto him
and of the death of David
1 Chronicles 29:22.
1 Chronicles
29:1 Furthermore
King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon
whom alone God has
chosen
is young and inexperienced; and the work is great
because the temple[a] is
not for man but for the Lord
God.
YLT
1And David the king saith to
all the assembly
`Solomon my son -- the one on whom God hath fixed -- [is]
young and tender
and the work [is] great
for not for man is the palace
but
for Jehovah God;
Furthermore
David the king said unto all the congregation
.... Having
finished what he had to say to Solomon
he addressed the congregation again:
Solomon my son
whom alone God hath chosen; both to be
king
and to build the temple
is yet young and tender; see 1 Chronicles 22:5.
and the work is great; both of governing so
great a people
and of building so magnificent a temple
especially the latter
is meant:
for the palace is not for man; for any mortal king
though ever so great:
but for the Lord God; the Targum is
"but
for the Word of the Lord God
'who is the King of kings
and Lord of lords; and
therefore is to be built as with the greatest exactness
according to the
pattern he himself has given
so with the greatest splendour and magnificence.
1 Chronicles
29:2 2 Now
for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things
to be made of gold
silver for things of silver
bronze for things
of bronze
iron for things of iron
wood for things of wood
onyx stones
stones to be set
glistening stones of various colors
all
kinds of precious stones
and marble slabs in abundance.
YLT
2and with all my power I
have prepared for the house of my God
the gold for [things of] gold
and the
silver for [those of] silver
and the brass for [those of] brass
the iron for
[those of] iron
and the wood for [those of] wood
shoham stones
and settings
and stones of painting and of diverse colours
and all [kinds of] precious
stone
and stones of white marble
in abundance.
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
.... According
to the utmost of his ability for the building and decorating of it:
the gold for the things to be made of gold; as the candlesticks
shewbread
tables
&c.
and the silver for things of silver; as for
basins
&c.
and the brass for things of brass; as the brasen
altar
brasen laver:
and iron for things of iron; for nails
hinges
&c.
and wood for things of wood; for rafters
ceilings
floors
&c.
onyx stones; the Targum
stones of beryl: and stones to be set; other
precious stones to be set in gold and silver:
glistering stones; the Targum
emeralds; the word is used for
stibium
or black lead
with which women painted their eyes; and so may signify
black stones
like black lead; as white marble is after mentioned
perhaps
black is here meant
or such stones Solomon paved the ways with leading to
JerusalemF25Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 7. sect. 4. : but as such
stones are not very glistering
there seems to be no reason for such an
epithet; unless the stone "phengites" should be meant
which was a
clear bright stone
and served for looking glasses. Domitian the Roman emperor
when under suspicion of being murdered by persons he had offended
garnished
the porticos of his palace with this stone
which was of such brightness
that
by the images formed in it he could see what was behind himF26Sueton.
Vit. Domitian. c. 14. Vid. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 36. c. 22. Isidor. Origin. l.
16. c. 4. ; and so Lucian speaksF1De Dea Syria. of Astarte having a
splendid stone about her
called λυχνις
which in the night gave much light to the temple
but shone weakly in the day
time
and looked like fire:
and of divers colours; that is
stones of
various colours
as jaspers
amethysts
&c. Kimchi interprets it of
embroidered clothes
and garments of needlework
and in these precious stones
were sometimes inserted:
and all manner of precious stones; as pearls
diamonds
&c. it is hard to say what all these precious stones were for; Jarchi and
Kimchi think they were to decorate the walls overlaid with gold
in which they
were set; it is certain they were for garnishing and beautifying the house
see
2 Chronicles 3:6.
and marble stones in abundance; for pillars
tables
and
pavement
as Jarchi; this was Parian marble
according to the Septuagint and
Vulgate Latin versions; the whitest of marbleF2"----Pario
marmore purius." Horat. Carmin. l. 1. ode 19.
found the island of Paros
and which agrees with the word here used.
1 Chronicles
29:3 3 Moreover
because I have set my affection on the house of my God
I have given to the
house of my God
over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house
my
own special treasure of gold and silver:
YLT
3`And again
because of my
delighting in the house of my God
the substance I have -- a peculiar treasure
of gold and silver -- I have given for the house of my God
even over and above
all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:
Moreover
because I have set my affection to the house of my God
.... Had a
good will to it
and was earnestly desirous of having it built
and that in a
grand manner:
I have of my own proper good; which he had treasured
up for his own use:
of gold and silver
even that I have given to the house of
my God; to build or ornament it
or make vessels for it:
over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house; for the
building of the temple
which is made mention of in the preceding chapter.
1 Chronicles
29:4 4 three
thousand talents of gold
of the gold of Ophir
and seven thousand talents of
refined silver
to overlay the walls of the houses;
YLT
4three thousand talents of
gold
of the gold of Ophir
and seven thousand talents of refined silver
to
overlay the walls of the houses
Even three thousand talents of gold
.... Which
according to
ScheuchzerF3Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 631.
amount to 36
660
000
ducats of gold; and
according to BrerewoodF4De Ponder. & Pret.
Vet. Num. c. 5.
to 13
500
000 pounds of our money:
of the gold of Ophir; which was reckoned the
best gold; not Ophir in India
which was not known till Solomon's time
but in
Arabia
as BochartF5Phaleg. l. 2. c. 27. Colossians
140. has shown; so EupolemusF6Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar.
l. 9. c. 30. p. 447.
an Heathen writer
says
that David having built ships
at Achan
a city of Arabia
sent miners to Urphe (supposed to be the same with
Ophir) in the island of the Red sea
abounding with gold
and from thence
fetched it; see Gill on 1 Kings 9:28
and
that he was able to give so great a sum out of his own substance
Dr. PrideauxF7Connection
par. 1. p. 5
6. thinks
can only be accounted for by his great returns from
this traffic; since these 3000 talents
according to him
amounted to
21
600
000 pounds sterling:
and seven thousand talents of refined silver; amounting
according to ScheuchzerF8Ut supra. (Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 631.)
to 31
500
000 imperials
or rix dollars; and
according to BrerewoodF9Ut
supra. (De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5.)
to 2
625
000 pounds of our
money:
to overlay the walls of the houses withal; the gold was
to overlay the walls of the holy and most holy place
the silver to overlay the
walls of the chambers built around the temple.
1 Chronicles
29:5 5 the
gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver
and
for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then
is willing to consecrate himself this day to the Lord?”
YLT
5even gold for [things of]
gold
and silver for [those of] silver
and for all the work by the hand of
artificers; and who [is] he that is offering willingly to consecrate his hand
to-day to Jehovah?'
The gold for things of gold
the silver for things of silver
.... The one
for what was to be overlaid with gold
the other for what was to be overlaid
with silver:
and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers; what remained
was to be made use of in employing artificers in making vessels for the temple
that were needful:
and who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto
the Lord; or fill his hand?F11למלאות ידו "impleat manum suam"
V. L. "ut impleat
manum suam"
Vatablus
Piscator. and give largely and liberally towards
building an house for the service and worship
honour and glory
of God; and
David
having set so good an example
could with the better grace recommend the
good work to his nobles and people
and which had its desired effect
as
follows.
1 Chronicles 29:6 6 Then the leaders of the
fathers’ houses
leaders of the tribes of Israel
the captains of
thousands and of hundreds
with the officers over the king’s work
offered
willingly.
YLT
6And the heads of the
fathers
and the heads of the tribes of Israel
and the heads of the thousands
and of the hundreds
even to the heads of the work of the king
offer
willingly.
Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel
.... The
princes of the twelve tribes:
and the captains of thousands
and of hundreds
with the rulers
over the king's work; who were now assembled
1 Chronicles 28:1.
offered willingly; and cheerfully; needed no more arguments to
press them to it
but at once readily communicated.
1 Chronicles 29:7 7 They gave for the work of
the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold
ten
thousand talents of silver
eighteen thousand talents of bronze
and one
hundred thousand talents of iron.
YLT
7And they give for the
service of the house of God
of gold -- talents five thousand
and drams a
myriad; and of silver -- talents ten thousand
and of brass -- a myriad and
eight thousand talents; and of iron -- a hundred thousand talents;
And gave for the service of the house of God
.... For
building and adorning it
and providing proper utensils for it:
of gold five thousand talents; which
according to
ScheuchzerF12Ut supra. (Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 631.)
came to
61
100
000 ducats of gold: and these
with "the 10
000 drachms"; make
of our money
according to BrerewoodF13Ut supra. (Physica Sacra
vol. 4. p. 631.)
22
507
500 pounds; some reckon a drachm at two ducats and a
half
and somewhat moreF14Eisenschmidius apud Scheuchzer. ib. p.
635. :
and of silver ten thousand talents; which
according to the
former writer
amounted to 450
000
000 imperials
or rix dollars; and
according to the latter
they made of our money 3
750
000 pounds:
and of brass eighteen thousand talents
and one hundred thousand
talents of iron; the weight of each of which were so much.
1 Chronicles 29:8 8 And whoever had precious
stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord
into the hand
of Jehiel[b] the
Gershonite.
YLT
8and he with whom stones are
found hath given to the treasury of the house of Jehovah
by the hand of Jehiel
the Gershonite.
And they with whom precious stones were found
.... Such as
are mentioned 1 Chronicles 29:2.
gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord; to be laid up
there:
by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite; who
and his
sons
had the care of that treasury
1 Chronicles 27:21.
1 Chronicles 29:9 9 Then the people rejoiced
for they had offered willingly
because with a loyal heart they had offered
willingly to the Lord;
and King David also rejoiced greatly.
YLT
9And the people rejoice
because of their offering willingly
for with a perfect heart they have offered
willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy.
Then the people rejoiced
for that they offered willingly
.... They were
not only glad that they had it to offer
but that they had hearts to do it;
they found themselves quite free to do the work
and saw it was so with others
which gave them extreme pleasure:
because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord; not
grudgingly
but cheerfully; not pressed and urged to it; not by constraint
but
freely
and that with a pure view to the honour and glory of God:
and David the king also rejoiced with great joy; it made his
heart glad exceedingly
now he was old
and just going out of the world
to see
this good work in such forwardness
on which his heart had been so much set; it
gave him reason to believe it would be set about in good earnest
be carried on
with vigour
and brought to perfection.
1 Chronicles 29:10 10 Therefore David blessed
the Lord
before all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed are You
Lord God of Israel
our Father
forever and ever.
YLT
10And David blesseth Jehovah
before the eyes of all the assembly
and David saith
`Blessed [art] Thou
Jehovah
God of Israel our father
from age even unto age.
Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation
.... To whose
goodness he ascribed both the ability and willingness of him
and his people
to offer after such a manner; he knew it was God that wrought in them both to
will and to do
and therefore gave him the glory of it:
and David said
blessed be thou
Lord God of Israel our Father
for ever and ever; the phrase
"our father"
does not belong to the God
of Israel
their father by covenant and adoption
but to Israel
or Jacob
the
ancestor of the Jewish nation; who is made mention of on this occasion
he
being the first that spoke of building an house for God
as some Jewish
writers
Jarchi and Kimchi
observe
see Genesis 28:22.
1 Chronicles 29:11 11 Yours
O Lord
is the
greatness
The power and the glory
The victory and the majesty; For all that
is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom
O Lord
And You are
exalted as head over all.
YLT
11To Thee
O Jehovah
[is]
the greatness
and the might
and the beauty
and the victory
and the honour
because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee
O Jehovah
[is] the
kingdom
and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;
Thine
O Lord
is the greatness
and the power
and the glory
and
the victory
and the majesty
.... That is
either God is possessed of all
greatness and immensity
of dignity of nature
and of all perfections; of
almighty power
of excellent glory
of superiority to all beings and of honour
and majesty
and all that grandeur
might
and honour in men
and victory over
others; the majestic appearance they make
and exaltation above others they
have
are all of God:
for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; they are both
made by him
and all that is in them
and therefore he has the sole right unto
them:
thine is the kingdom
O Lord; of nature and Providence;
he has the sole dominion over all creatures
and the sovereign disposal of all
things:
and thou art exalted as head above all; men on earth
and angels in heaven.
1 Chronicles 29:12 12 Both riches and honor come
from You
And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In
Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all.
YLT
12and the riches
and the
honour [are] from before Thee
and Thou art ruling over all
and in Thy hand
[is] power and might
and in Thy hand
to make great
and to give strength to
all.
Both riches and honour come of thee
.... Whatever of either
the children of men have is not owing to their merits
nor to their diligence
and industry
and wise conduct
but to the providence of God
Ecclesiastes 9:11
so the gods with the Heathens are saidF15
πλουτοδοται
Hesiod. Opera
ver. 124. see ver. 316. to be givers
of riches:
and thou reignest over all; govern the world by
wisdom
and dispose all things in it for the best:
in thine hand is power and might; to do whatsoever he
pleaseth:
and in thine hand it is to make great; in worldly
things
and so in spiritual:
and to give strength unto all; against their enemies
and to do the will and work of God; of all which David had had an experience.
1 Chronicles
29:13 13 “Now
therefore
our God
We thank You And praise Your glorious name.
YLT
13`And now
our God
we are
giving thanks to Thee
and giving praise to Thy beauteous name;
Now therefore
our God
we thank thee
and praise thy glorious
name. That he that was so great
and so much above them
should take
notice of them
and bestow so many great and good things on them.
1 Chronicles
29:14 14 But
who am I
and who are my people
That we should be able to offer
so willingly as this? For all things come from You
And of Your own we
have given You.
YLT
14yea
because
who [am] I
and who [are] my people
that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of
Thee [is] the whole
and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;
But who am I
.... Originally dust and ashes
a sinful
creature
unworthy to receive anything from God
and of having the honour of
doing anything for him:
and what is my people: subject to him
the
least of all people
separated from the nations round about them
and despised
by them:
that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? that they
who were a poor people
some years ago brought out of Egyptian bondage
should
now be possessed of such an affluence
and have such a generous heart and
liberal spirit given them
as to contribute in so large and liberal a manner as
they had done; all was owing to the goodness of God to them
and the efficacy
of his grace upon them:
for all things come of thee; all good things
temporal and spiritual; the Lord is the fountain of goodness
and Father of
mercies:
and of thine own have we given thee; for there is nothing a
man has but he has received from the Lord
and therefore can give nothing to
him but his own
see Romans 11:35.
1 Chronicles
29:15 15 For
we are aliens and pilgrims before You
As were all our fathers;
Our days on earth are as a shadow
And without hope.
YLT
15for sojourners we [are]
before Thee
and settlers
like all our fathers; as a shadow [are] our days on
the land
and there is none abiding.
For we are strangers before thee
and sojourners
as were all our
fathers
.... For though they were in possession of the land of Canaan
yet they held it not in their own right
but as the Lord's:
who said
the land is mine
Leviticus 25:23
they were but tenants in it
and were not to abide long here; they belonged to
another city and country; the consideration of which might tend to set them
loose to worldly things
and the more easily to part with them for the service
of God
and the honour of his name:
our days on the earth are as a shadow; man's life is
expressed by days
not months and years
being so short; and by days on earth
in distinction from the days of heaven
or eternity; and these said to be as a
shadow
of a short continuance
empty
mutable
and uncertain
dark and
obscure
quickly gone
like the shadow of the sun; and not only like that
or
of a mountain
tree or wall; but
as the Targum
of a bird that is flying
which passes away at once:
and there is none abiding; not long
much less
always
being but sojourners as before; so Cato in CiceroF16De
Senectute
c. 23. is represented as saying
"I depart out of this life as
from an inn
and not an house; for nature has given us an inn to sojourn
not a
place to dwell in:'or "there is no hope or expectation"F17אין מקוה "non est expectatio
sive spes"
Pagninus
Montanus
Vatablus
Michaelis. ; of living long
of
recalling time
and of avoiding death.
1 Chronicles
29:16 16 “O
Lord our God
all
this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is
from Your hand
and is all Your own.
YLT
16`O Jehovah our God
all
this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house
for Thy holy name
[is] out of Thy hand
and of Thee [is] the whole.
O Lord our God
all this store that we have prepared
.... Of gold
silver
&c. that he and his people had provided and contributed: the gold
according to Jacob LeonF18Relation of Memorable Things in the
Tabernacle and Temple
ch. 3. p. 14
15.
amounted to 59
766 tons of gold
and
46
123 gilders
each ton to be reckoned at least 1000 pounds sterling; the
silver
reduced to the value of gold
made 46
337 tons
and two hundred and
fifty gilders; but both
according to WitsiusF19Miscellan. tom. 2.
p. 258.
amounted to 20
585 tons of gold; and if the talents were talents of
the sanctuary
and they double the common talents
as some say they were
it
was as much more
and may well be expressed by
all this store
besides the brass
iron
&c.
to build thee an house for thine holy name; to perform
holy and religious worship in it
for the glory of his name: cometh of
thine hand
and is all thine own: this he repeats
that God might have all the glory of all they had and did.
1 Chronicles
29:17 17 I
know also
my God
that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As
for me
in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things;
and now with joy I have seen Your people
who are present here to offer
willingly to You.
YLT
17`And I have known
my God
that Thou art trying the heart
and uprightness dost desire; I
in the
uprightness of my heart
have willingly offered all these: and now
Thy people
who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
I know also
my God
that thou triest the heart
.... Searchest
it
and knowest it perfectly
whether what is done is from it:
and hast pleasure in uprightness; in what is done in
sincerity and uprightness of heart:
as for me
in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered
all these things; for the truth of which he could appeal to the heart searching
God:
and now have I seen with joy thy people
which are present here
to offer willingly unto thee; he judged by what they did
and their
manner of doing it
that it was done in the uprightness of their hearts also
as his were
which gave him sensible joy and pleasure.
1 Chronicles
29:18 18 O
Lord God of Abraham
Isaac
and Israel
our fathers
keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts
of the heart of Your people
and fix their heart toward You.
YLT
18`O Jehovah
God of Abraham
Isaac
and Israel
our fathers
keep this to the age for the imagination of the
thoughts of the heart of Thy people
and prepare their heart unto Thee;
O Lord God of Abraham
Isaac
and of Israel
our fathers
The ancestors
of the Jewish nation
whose covenant God the Lord was
and who had ever been
mindful of his promise to them
with respect to them their seed:
keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart
of thy people; let the same disposition of mind always continue in them to
serve the Lord their God:
and prepare their heart unto thee; incline and dispose
their minds always to fear the Lord
and obey his will.
1 Chronicles
29:19 19 And
give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your
testimonies and Your statutes
to do all these things
and to build the
temple[c] for which
I have made provision.”
YLT
19and to Solomon my son give
a perfect heart
to keep Thy commands
Thy testimonies
and Thy statutes
and
to do the whole
even to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.'
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy
commandments
thy testimonies
and thy statutes
.... All the laws of God
moral
ceremonial
and judicial
even to observe them cordially and sincerely:
and to do all those things; he had suggested to him
particularly:
and to build the palace for the which I have made provision; as before
declared.
1 Chronicles 29:20 20 Then David said to all the
assembly
“Now bless the Lord
your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their
fathers
and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.
YLT
20And David saith to all the
assembly
`Bless
I pray you
Jehovah your God;' and all the assembly bless
Jehovah
God of their fathers
and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah
and to the
king.
And David said to all the congregation
....
Consisting of princes
captains
and officers
1 Chronicles 28:1.
now bless the Lord your God; as he had done
for
putting it into the power of their hands
and into their hearts
to do what
they had:
and all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers; some one as
the mouth of the rest put up a thanksgiving to God
as David directed
to which
they all assented
and in which they all joined:
and bowed down their heads
and worshipped the Lord and the king; the one with
religious worship
the other with civil; the Syriac and Arabic versions more
plainly distinguish
"they worshipped the Lord
and blessed David the
king"; though some think Solomon
now made king
is meant.
1 Chronicles 29:21 21 And they made sacrifices
to the Lord
and offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the next day: a
thousand bulls
a thousand rams
a thousand lambs
with their drink offerings
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
YLT
21And they sacrifice to
Jehovah sacrifices
and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the
morrow of that day
bullocks a thousand
rams a thousand
lambs a thousand
and
their oblations
even sacrifices in abundance
for all Israel.
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord
.... David and
the congregation:
and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the morrow after that
day; not having time enough on that day to perform
at least not all
of them; and these they offered on the altar David had erected in the
threshingfloor of Araunah
by the order of God
where afterwards the temple was
built:
even a thousand
bullocks
a thousand rams
and a thousand lambs
with their burnt offerings; and meat
offerings also
both which always went along with them:
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel; whom they
represented; these last were peace offerings
part of which the offerers had
for themselves and friends to feast on
as these did
as follows.
1 Chronicles 29:22 22 So they ate and drank
before the Lord
with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king
the second time
and anointed him before the Lord to be
the leader
and Zadok to be priest.
YLT
22And they eat and drink
before Jehovah on that day with great joy
and cause Solomon son of David to
reign a second time
and anoint [him] before Jehovah for leader
and Zadok for
priest.
And they did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great
gladness
.... Before the ark of the Lord
which was in the tabernacle
David had pitched for it:
and they made Solomon the son of David king the second time; the first was
upon Adonijah's rebellion
and was done in the presence only of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; but this was done by and in the presence of all the great
personages in the land:
and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor; under his father
during his lifetime
and then to reign in his own right:
and Zadok to be priest; high priest; which
office yet he did not exercise till after the death of David
when Abiathar was
thrust out by Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:23 23 Then Solomon sat on the
throne of the Lord
as king instead of David his father
and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
YLT
23And Solomon sitteth on the
throne of Jehovah for king instead of David his father
and prospereth
and all
Israel hearken unto him
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord
.... Who had
given it to him
and established him on it
and whose vicegerent he was
and
over whose people he ruled:
as king instead of David; he was viceroy to him in
his life time
and succeeded him at his death
when he had the full power of
government:
and prospered; his reign was happy and peaceable:
and all Israel obeyed him; at once; whereas it was
some time
even years
before all Israel obeyed David.
1 Chronicles 29:24 24 All the leaders and the
mighty men
and also all the sons of King David
submitted themselves to King
Solomon.
YLT
24and all the heads
and the
mighty men
and also all the sons of king David have given a hand under Solomon
the king;
And all the princes and the mighty men
.... The
princes of the tribes
and the officers of the army:
and all the sons likewise of King David; as many as
were living: and though they were elder than Solomon:
they submitted to
Solomon the king; or "gave the hand under"F20וישם יד תחת
"dederunt manum sub Selomoh"
Pagninus
Montanus
Michaelis. him
promised obedience
and swore allegiance to him
see Genesis 24:2.
1 Chronicles 29:25 25 So the Lord exalted
Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel
and bestowed on him such
royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
YLT
25and Jehovah maketh Solomon
exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel
and putteth upon him the
honour of the kingdom that hath not been on any king over Israel before him.
And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly before all Israel
.... By giving
him such a large share of wisdom and understanding in government:
and bestowed upon him such royal majesty; not only such
wealth and riches
but such honour and reverence:
as had not been on any king before him in Israel; not on Saul
nor even on David.
1 Chronicles 29:26 26 Thus David the son of
Jesse reigned over all Israel.
YLT 26And David son of Jesse hath
reigned over all Israel
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. As before
related in this book
and in the second book of Samuel; his reign being long
and glorious.
1 Chronicles 29:27 27 And the period that he
reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron
and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
YLT
27and the days that he hath
reigned over Israel [are] forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years
and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three;
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years
.... See 1 Kings 2:11.
1 Chronicles 29:28 28 So he died in a good old
age
full of days and riches and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his
place.
YLT
28and he dieth in a good old
age
satisfied with days
riches
and honour
and reign doth Solomon his son in
his stead.
And he died in a good old age
.... Being seventy years
of age:
full of days
riches
and honour; had as much of either of
them as he could wish for; and having enough
he sought after
and was taken to
the possession of
eternal life
durable riches
and honours
and glory
that
fade not away:
and Solomon his son reigned in his stead; in full power
and authority.
1 Chronicles 29:29 29 Now the acts of King
David
first and last
indeed they are written in the book of Samuel the
seer
in the book of Nathan the prophet
and in the book of Gad the seer
YLT
29And the matters of David
the king
the first and the last
lo
they are written beside the matters of
Samuel the seer
and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet
and beside the
matters of Gad the seer
Now the acts of David the king
first and last
.... All that
he did that was memorable
both before he was king
and when king in Hebron
and then in Jerusalem:
behold
they are written in the book of Samuel the seer
and in
the book of Nathan the prophet
and in the book of Gad the seer; which were
journals of his life and actions
begun by Samuel
and carried on by Nathan and
Gad; out of which what is recorded in canonical Scripture was taken by divine
direction
and preserved
while other writings are lost; or rather the book of
Samuel designs the first book of Samuel
and the books of Nathan and Gad the
second book of Samuel
by whom it was written.
1 Chronicles 29:30 30 with all his reign and his
might
and the events that happened to him
to Israel
and to all the kingdoms
of the lands.
YLT
30with all his reign
and his
might
and the times that went over him
and over Israel
and over all kingdoms
of the lands.
With all his reign and his might
.... The whole of it
and
the mighty valiant acts done by him
the battles he fought
and the victories
he obtained:
and the times that went over him
and over Israel
and all the
kingdoms of the countries; things that were done in his time in
Israel
and in the nations round about subdued by him
as Moab
Ammon
Syria
and Philistia.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)