1 Chronicles 22

1Ch 22:1-5.

DAVID

PREPARES FOR

BUILDING THE

TEMPLE.

1. 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.

2. David commanded to gather together the strangers--partly the

descendants of the old Canaanites

(2Ch 8:7-10),

from whom was exacted a tribute of bond service, and partly war

captives

(2Ch 2:7),

reserved for the great work he contemplated.

1Ch 22:6-19.

HE

INSTRUCTS

SOLOMON.

6. Then he called for Solomon . . . and charged

him--The earnestness and solemnity of this address creates an

impression that it was given a little before the old king's decease. He

unfolded his great and long cherished plan, enjoined the building of

God's house as a sacred duty on him as his son and successor, and

described the resources that were at command for carrying on the work.

The vast amount of personal property he had accumulated in the precious

metals

[1Ch 22:14]

must have been spoil taken from the people he had conquered, and the

cities he had sacked.