1Ch 22:1-5 | Clarke | STEP | David makes great preparations for building a temple to the Lord, ; gives the necessary directions to Solomon concerning it, ; and exhorts the princes of Israel to assist in the undertaking, . Verse 1 David said, This is the house of the Lord - Till a temple is built for his name, this place shall be considered the temple of God; and on this altar, and not on that at Gibeon, shall the burnt-offerings of Israel be made. David probably thought 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, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a building.

1 Chronicles 22:1-5

Introduction

David makes great preparations for building a temple to the Lord, 1Chr 22:1-5; gives the necessary directions to Solomon concerning it, 1Chr 22:6-16; and exhorts the princes of Israel to assist in the undertaking, 1Chr 22:17-19.

Verse 1

David said, This is the house of the Lord - Till a temple is built for his name, this place shall be considered the temple of God; and on this altar, and not on that at Gibeon, shall the burnt-offerings of Israel be made. David probably thought 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, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a building. Verse 2

The strangers that were in the land - Those who had become proselytes to the Jewish religion, at least so far as to renounce idolatry, and keep what were called the seven Noahic precepts. These were to be employed in the more servile and difficult parts of the work: see on 1Kgs 9:21 (note). For the account of building the temple, see 1 Kings 5-9 (note), and the notes there. Verse 3

Irons - for the nails, etc. - Iron for bolts, bars, hinges, etc., etc.