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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 28:2
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then David the king stood up upon his feet, etc.] Rose from the bed or couch on which he lay, as Kimchi thinks, being somewhat recovered of his paralytic disorder, and being willing to exert himself on this occasion; or he rose up from the seat or throne, on which he before sat, in honour to this august assembly before him, and that he might be the more easily heard; for which reason we are told f132 it was a custom with the ancients even for kings to stand up when they had a number of people about them they spoke to; and if anyone sat it was reckoned a new and strange thing; so Agamemnon, when wounded, did not speak sitting, until he had made an excuse for it: and said, hear me, my brethren, and my people; having something of moment and importance to say unto them, and which required their diligent attention; and though they were his subjects, he calls them his brethren, being of the same nation and religion, and to show his modesty and humility; in which he was a type of Christ, the King of kings, (see <580211> Hebrews 2:11) as for me, I had it in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord; where it might abide, and not be removed from place to place; the same he had told Solomon, (<132207>1 Chronicles 22:7) and for the footstool of our God; or “even for it”, for the ark is meant, which is so called, (<199905>Psalm 99:5 132:7,8) for as the Lord sat between the cherubim over the mercy seat, the lid of the ark, it was, speaking after the manner of men, a footstool to him: and had made ready for the building; prepared materials for it; (see <132204>1 Chronicles 22:4,14-16 29:2-5).
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