1 Chronicles 22:1

“Then David said, etc.] Within himself, or to some principal persons about him: this is the house of the Lord God; the place where the temple was to be built, hinted at in (<051205>Deuteronomy 12:5) and elsewhere; the meaning is, here, or in “this” place, shall be the house of God, so Noldius f88, for as yet there were none; but it was now made known to David that here it should be built, and so the words in (<140301>2 Chronicles 3:1) should be rendered, then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, which was shown to David his father, which he prepared in the place of David, that which he bought in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite: and this is the altar for the…”

“DAVID PREPARES FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE. (Ch1 22:1-5) David said, This is the home of the Lord God--By the miraculous sign of fire from heaven, and perhaps other intimations, David understood it to be the will of God that the national place of worship should be fixed there, and he forthwith proceeded to make preparations for the erection of the temple on that spot.”

“This is the house of the Lord God - The double miracle - that of the angelic appearance and that of the fire from heaven - had convinced David that here he had found the destined site of that “house” which it had been told him that his son should build 1 Chronicles 22:10. Hence, this public announcement. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Said - Thro' the instinct and direction of God's spirit, by which as he is said to have had the pattern of the house, porch, altar, &c. Ch1 28:11-12, Ch1 28:19, so doubtless he was instructed as to the place where the house should be built. This - This is the place appointed by God for the building of his temple and altar. 1 Chronicles 22:5”

“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, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a structure. Ch1 21:18-28; Gen 28:17; Deu 12:5-7, Deu 12:11; Sa2 24:18; Ch2 3:1, Ch2 6:5, Ch2 6:6; Psa 78:60, Psa 78:67-69, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Joh 4:20-22 and this is the altar: Kg2 18:22; Ch2 32:12 1 Chronicles 22:2”

“With this chapter commences the second section of the history of David's kingship, viz., the account of the preparations, dispositions, and arrangements which he made in the last years of his reign for the establishment of his kingdom in the future under his successors. All these preparations and dispositions had reference to the firm establishment of the public worship of the Lord, in which Israel, as the people and congregation of Jahve, might show its faithfulness to the covenant, so as to become partakers of the divine protection, and the blessing which was promised. To build the temple-this desire the Lord had not indeed granted the fulfilment of to David, but He had given him the…”