44 matching verse commentaries
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; God’s Church is to be a place of rest. God’s temple was built by “a man of rest.” 1Ch_22:9. And I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. Then the house of the Lord would be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. He shall build an 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 for ever. Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hast said of thee. Only the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall build an 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 for ever. Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. May such a blessing come upon every young man here! May the Lord be with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now, my son, the Lord be with thee, c. Or "shall be with thee" (r), 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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. How much wisdom will be wanted by the young brethren present who hope to be builders of the house of God! When the Lord says to you, “Ask what I shall give you,” ask for divine wisdom, ask to be taught of him,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses and concerning Israel: be strong and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. It is a great thing for a Christian to keep his courage up; and especially for a builder of the Church of God to be always brave, and with a stout heart to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 poverty (a); 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of Gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. We are unable to tell exactly the amount of precious metal prepared by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance. We must have the workmen; they are more precious than the gold. They cannot be put down at any sum of silver: “there are workmen with thee in abundance.” 1Ch_22:15. Hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. God will find for his Church enough...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. God will always find the right man in time for his own work, in his Church there are “all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. A very nice text for stirring up idle church-members, who are well content with being spiritually fed, but who are doing nothing for the Lord: “Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee!”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, Is not the LORD your God with you? What a good reason for working! What an admirable reason for giving! What an excellent reason for helping with the work! “Is not the LORD your God with you?”