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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

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry

The account we have of David's exit, in the beginning of the first book of Kings, does not make his sun nearly so bright as that given in this and the following chapter, where we have his solemn farewell both to his son and his subjects, and must own that he finished well. In this chapter we have, I. A general convention of the states summoned to...

1 Chronicles 28:1

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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 thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards ever all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and...

1 Chronicles 28:2

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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 28:2

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, He was ill, and obliged to keep his bed; but; he left his couch for this solemn occasion. He did not even remain seated, although extremely weak; but he stood up upon his feet. 1Ch_28:2. And said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: Those who read carefully will notice the sweetness of David’s style now...

1 Chronicles 28:2-3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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 the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: but God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. Admire the frankness of David in telling the people what...

1 Chronicles 28:3

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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 28:4

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: He delights to dwell upon the election of God. It was not by the right...

1 Chronicles 28:5

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

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