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Solomon Instructed to Build the Temple

1 Now David assembled at Jerusalem all athe leaders of Israel: the officers of the tribes and bthe captains of the divisions who served the king, the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, and cthe stewards over all the substance and1 possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officials, the valiant men, and all dthe mighty men of valor.  
2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: aI had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for bthe footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.  
3 But God said to me, a‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed bblood.’  
4 However the Lord God of Israel achose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen bJudah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, cthe house of my father, and damong the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Chronicles 28:2

Hear me, my brethren, and my people—This was the style of address becoming a constitutional king of Israel (Deuteronomy 17:20; I Samuel 30:23; II Samuel 5:1).

I had in mine heart—I proposed, or designed.

to build an house of rest—a solid and permanent temple.

for the footstool of our God—God seated between the cherubim, at the two extremities of the ark, might be said to be enthroned in His glory, and the coverlet of the ark to be His footstool.

and had made ready for the building—The immense treasures which David had amassed and the elaborate preparations he had made, would have been amply sufficient for the erection of the temple of which he presented the model to Solomon.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Chronicles 28:2:

1 Kings 2:1
1 Chronicles 28:1
Isaiah 60:13
Jeremiah 14:21
Lamentations 2:1

 

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