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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 28:1
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C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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David summoned the estates of the kingdom, and presented Solomon to them as his divinely chosen successor on the throne. Ch1 28:1 "All the princes of Israel" is the general designation, which is then specialized. In it are included the princes of the tribes who are enumerated in Ch1 27:16-22, and the princes of the divisions which served the king, who are enumerated in Ch1 27:1-15; the princes of thousands and hundreds are the chiefs and captains of the twelve army corps ( Ch1 27:1), who are subordinate to the princes of the host: the princes of all the substance and possessions of the king are the managers of the domains enumerated in Ch1 27:25-31. וּלבניו is added to למּלך, "of the king and of his sons," because the possession of the king as a property belonging to the house (domanium) belonged also to his sons. The Vulg. incorrectly translates לבניו filiosque suos, for in this connection ל cannot be nota accus. הסּריסים עם, with (together with) the court officials. סריסים are not eunuchs, but royal chamberlains, as in Sa1 8:15; see on Gen 37:36. הגּבּורים has been well translated by the lxx τοὺς δυνάστας, for here the word does not denote properly or merely war heroes, but powerful influential men in general, who did not occupy any special public or court office. In חיל וּלכל־גּבּור all the others who were present in the assembly are comprehended. Ch1 28:2 The king rose to his feet, in order to speak to the assembly standing; till then he had, on account of his age and feebleness, sat, not lain in bed, as Kimchi and others infer from 1 Kings 1. Ch1 28:3-7 The address, "My brethren and my people," is expressive of condescending goodwill; cf. on אחי, Sa1 30:23; Sa2 19:13. What David here says ( Ch1 28:3-7) of the temple building, he had in substance already ( Ch1 22:7-13) said to his son Solomon: I, it was with my heart, i.e., I purposed (cf. Ch1 22:7) to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jahve, and the footstool of the feet of our God, i.e., for the ark and for the capporeth upon it, which is called "footstool of the feet of our God," because God was enthroned above the cherubim upon the capporeth. "And I have prepared to build," i.e., prepared labour and materials, Ch1 22:2-4 and Ch1 22:14.; on Ch1 28:3, cf. Ch1 22:8. \- In Ch1 28:4 David states how his election to be king was of God, who had chosen Judah to be ruler (cf. Ch1 5:2); and just so ( Ch1 28:5, Ch1 28:6) had God chosen Solomon from among all his many sons to be heir to the throne, and committed to him the building of the temple; cf. Ch1 22:10. The expression, "throne of the kingdom of Jahve," and more briefly, "throne of Jahve" ( Ch1 29:23, or מלכוּתי, Ch1 17:14), denotes that Jahve is the true King of Israel, and had chosen Solomon as He had chosen David to be holder and administrator of His kingdom dominion. - On Ch1 22:6 and Ch1 22:7, cf. Ch1 22:10 and Ch1 17:11.; and with the condition וגו יחזק אם, cf. Kg1 3:14; Kg1 9:4, where God imposes an exactly similar condition on Solomon. הזּה כּיּום, as is done at this time; cf. Kg1 8:61, and the commentary on Deu 2:30. On this speech J. H. Mich. well remarks: "tota haec narratio aptata est ad prospositum Davidis: vult enim Salomoni auctoritatem apud principes et fratres conciliare, ostendendo, non humana, sed divina voluntate electum esse," To this David adds an exhortation to the whole assembly ( Ch1 28:8), and to his son Solomon ( Ch1 28:9), to hold fast their faithfulness to God. Ch1 28:8-10 "And now…
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