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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. David seems to harp upon this sweet string of the divine choice. I wonder that so many good people are afraid of this blessed doctrine. They fight shy of it; they seem to run away at the very...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chose him to be my son, and I will be his father. Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, God is very dear to us; but perhaps under no aspect is he more tenderly near us than as the God of our father: “My son, know thou the God of thy father.” 1Ch_28:9. And serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. It is fine to hear this old man, in his weakness, stirring up the young man. We generally expect to see the youths full of zeal, and the old men somewhat slow; but grace can turn the tables against nature. Here the old man, feeble as to his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,.... The breadth, and length, and height of it, which was to be placed at the east end of the temple, and was the entrance into it: and, of the houses thereof; the holy place, and the most holy, which latter is called the greater house, 2 Chronicles 3:5, and of the treasures; where things...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, He had it all ready in his mind; and before he died, he passed over the plans of that wonderful piece of architecture to his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit,.... By the Spirit of God, who gave him the whole form of the temple, and all things relative to it; just as God showed to Moses the pattern of the tabernacle in the mount; the Targum is, by the spirit of prophecy that was with him. The Jews suppose that Samuel the prophet was first made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And also for the courses of the priests and Levites,.... Where they should serve, of which, as fixed and ordered by David, see 1 Chronicles 24:1 and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord; they should be employed in: and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord; which they should use therein.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service,.... Whatever was to be made of gold, David was directed by the Spirit of God what weight or quantity of gold should be made use of in making it, as appears from some following instances: silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: even the weight for the candlestick of gold, Or, the candelabra.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof,.... These candlesticks were ten, and each had seven lamps, and were placed five on one side the Mosaic candlestick, and five on the other, as say the Jews, see 1 Kings 7:49, and the weight of gold for each...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. They were not for the burning of candles, but for oil lamps. There was a Lamp-stand, with seven lamps upon the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table,.... For though there were but one table for the shewbread in the tabernacle of Moses, there were ten in the temple of Solomon, 2 Chronicles 4:8 and each of them contained one hundred pounds in weight (u): and likewise silver for the tables of silver; these were placed in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: also pure gold for the flesh-hooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: I like to think of David planning all...