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INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 28 David, having convened the principal men of the nation, declared Solomon his successor, whom God had chosen both to be king, and to build the temple, 1 Chronicles 28:1, and exhorted both them and him to serve the Lord, and build an house for him, 1 Chronicles 28:8, then gave Solomon the pattern of it, and an account...

1 Chronicles 28:1

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And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes,.... Whose names are given in 1 Chronicles 27:16 and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course; monthly, each having 24,000 men under him, whose names are expressed, 1 Chronicles 27:2 and the captains over the thousands; of which there were twenty...

1 Chronicles 28:2

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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 this occasion; or he rose up from the seat or throne, on which he before sat, in honour to this august assembly before him, and that he might be the...

1 Chronicles 28:3

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But God said unto me, thou shalt not build an house for my name,.... This he said by Nathan the prophet, 2 Samuel 7:5 because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood: see 1 Chronicles 22:8.

1 Chronicles 28:4

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Howbeit, the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever,.... Passing by all his brethren who were elder than he, he pitched upon him, and ordered him to be anointed king of Israel, see 1 Samuel 16:10, and that for ever, for a long time, as long as he lived; or rather in his posterity for many...

1 Chronicles 28:5

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And of all my sons, for the Lord hath given me many sons,.... Whose names, and the order of their birth, may be read in 1 Chronicles 3:1 he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel; to be his successor in it: this he says to observe to them, that this was not merely his own will and choice, nor the...

1 Chronicles 28:6

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And he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house,.... See 2 Samuel 7:13 and my courts; in the house or temple: for I have chosen him to be my son; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Ephesians 1:5 and I will be his father; see 2 Samuel 7:14.

1 Chronicles 28:7

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Moreover, I will establish his kingdom for ever,.... The same is said in 2 Samuel 7:13 if he be constant to do my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day; if he continued in the observance of them, as he had begun, and went on in until that day; this is added here, and was not spoken by Nathan, when what goes before was; for Solomon was not...

1 Chronicles 28:8

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Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the Lord,.... Whom this assembly represented: and in the audience of our God; before him, as Jarchi, in whose presence they were, and who heard and saw all that passed, and to whom David appeals as a witness; the Targum is, "before the Word of the Lord.'' before whom all things are...

1 Chronicles 28:9

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And thou, Solomon my son,.... Who was present in this assembly, and presented to them by David as his successor, and their future king: and having addressed them, he turns himself to him, and exhorts him, saying, know thou the God of thy father; who was his Father and covenant God, and whom he served and worshipped, and who had bestowed upon him...

1 Chronicles 28:10

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Take heed now,.... Of offending God by forsaking him; or see, consider, and observe now what he was further about to say to him, concerning the building of the temple, as follows: for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary; a temple for the ark, called the sanctuary, Numbers 7:9 the Targum is, the Word of the Lord hath...

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