1-5 David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepares abundance for the building of it. 6-16 He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple. 17-19 He charges the princes to assist his son

This is the house. David perhaps had some assurance that this was the place on which God designed that His house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy not only the threshing floor, put probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a structure. 1Ch 21:18-28 Ge 28:17 De 12:5-7,11 2Sa 24:18 2Ch 3:1 6:5,6 Ps 78:60,67-69 132:13,14 Joh 4:20-22

and this is the altar 2Ki 18:22 2Ch 32:12

2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

the strangers 1Ki 9:20,21 2Ch 2:17 8:7,8 Isa 61:5,6 Eph 2:12,19-22

masons 1Sa 14:1 2Sa 5:11 1Ki 5:17,18 6:7 7:9-12 2Ki 12:11 22:6 Ezr 3:7

3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

prepared iron 1Ch 29:2,7

without weight 1Ch 22:14 1Ki 7:47 2Ch 4:18 Jer 52:20

4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

cedar trees 2Sa 5:11 1Ki 5:6-10 2Ch 2:3 Ezr 3:7

5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

Solomon 1Ch 29:1 1Ki 3:7 2Ch 13:7

exceeding 1Ki 9:8 2Ch 2:5 7:21 Ezr 3:12 Isa 64:11 Eze 7:20 Hag 2:3,9 Lu 21:5

David prepared De 31:2-7 Ec 9:10 Joh 3:30 4:37,38 9:4 13:1 2Pe 1:13-15

6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

charged him Nu 27:18,19,23 De 31:14,23 Mt 28:18-20 Ac 1:2 20:25-31 1Ti 5:21 6:13-17 2Ti 4:1

7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

it was in 1Ch 17:1 28:2 29:3 2Sa 7:2 1Ki 8:17-19 2Ch 6:7-9 Ps 132:5

unto the name De 12:5,11,21 1Ki 8:16,20,29 9:3 2Ch 2:4 Ezr 6:12

8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

Thou has shed 1Ch 28:3 Nu 31:20,24 1Ki 5:3

thou shalt not 1Ch 17:4-10 2Sa 7:5-11

9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; 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.

a son 1Ch 17:11 28:5-7 2Sa 7:12,13

I will give 1Ch 17:11 28:5-7 2Sa 7:12,13

I will give 1Ki 4:20,25 5:4 Ps 72:7 Isa 9:6,7

Solomon that is, Peaceable 2Sa 12:24,25

I will give peace Jud 6:24 Job 34:29 Isa 26:12 45:7 57:19 66:12 Hag 2:9

10 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.

He shall build 1Ch 17:12,13 28:6 2Sa 7:13 1Ki 5:5 8:19,20 Zec 6:12,13

he shall be Ps 89:26 Heb 1:5

I will establish 1Ch 17:14 28:7 Ps 89:36,37 Isa 9:7

11 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.

the Lord 1Ch 22:16 28:20 Isa 26:12 Mt 1:23 28:20 Ro 15:33 2Ti 4:22

12 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.

Only the 1Ki 3:9-12 2Ch 1:10 Ps 72:1 Pr 2:6,7 Lu 21:15 Jas 1:5

that thou mayest De 4:6 1Ki 11:1-10 Pr 14:8 1Jo 2:3

13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

Then shalt 1Ch 28:7 Jos 1:7,8 1Ki 2:3 2Ch 20:20 Ps 119:6 Jer 22:3,4

to fulfil Mt 3:15 Ac 13:22 Ga 6:2 Jas 2:8

be strong 1Ch 28:10,20 De 31:7,8 Jos 1:6-9,18 1Co 16:13 Eph 6:10 2Ti 2:1

14 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.

trouble. or, poverty. 2Co 8:2

an hundred thousand This, at 5075l, 15s 7:5d, the talent, would amount to the sum of 507,578,125l 1Ch 29:4-7 1Ki 10:14

thousand thousand talents of silver This, at 353l 11s 10d. the talent, would amount to 353,591,666l 13s 4d.; and both sums would amount to the sum of 868,169,791l 13s 4d.

without weight 1Ch 22:3 2Ki 25:16 Jer 52:20

15 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.

hewers and workers of stone and timber. that is, masons and carpenters. 1Ch 22:2-4

all manner Ex 28:6 31:3-5 35:32,35 1Ki 7:14

16 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.

the gold 1Ch 22:3,14

Arise Jos 1:2,5,9 7:10 Jud 4:14 18:9,10 2Ch 20:17 1Co 15:58 Eph 5:14 Php 2:12,13 4:13

and the Lord 1Ch 22:11 1Sa 17:37 20:13

17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

all the princes 1Ch 28:21 29:6 Ro 16:2,3 Php 4:3 3Jo 1:8

18 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 hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

Is not Jud 6:12-14 Ro 8:31

and hath 1Ch 22:9 23:25 De 12:10,11 Jos 22:4 23:1 2Sa 7:1 Ac 9:31

before the Lord De 20:4 Jos 10:42 1Sa 25:28 2Sa 5:19,20 Ps 44:1-5

19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

set your 1Ch 16:11 28:9 De 4:29 32:46,47 Ps 27:4 2Ch 20:3 Da 9:3 Hag 1:5 Ac 11:23

arise 1Ch 22:16 Isa 60:1 Ac 22:16

to bring 1Ki 8:6,21 2Ch 5:7 6:11

to the name 1Ch 22:7 1Ki 5:3