Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 28:2
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
2. stood up upon his feet ] Kings sometimes made orations sitting; cp. Act 12:21. Here the king stands to mark the greatness of the occasion.
my brethren ] The king is the brother of his subjects; Deu 17:15; Deu 17:20; cp. Psa 45:7.
I had in mine heart ] See 1Ch 17:1; 2Sa 7:2.
a house of rest ] Cp. 1Ch 17:5; 2Sa 7:6.
the footstool ] Cp. Isa 60:13.
and had made ready ] R.V. and I had made ready.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
My brethren – David retains the modest phrase of a king not born in the purple, but raised from the ranks of the people (see 1Sa 30:23; 2Sa 19:12). No later Jewish monarch would have thus addressed his subjects.
The footstool of our God – David views the ark as Gods footstool, because he was enthroned above it visibly in the Shechinah, or luminous cloud, present from time to time above the mercy seat and between the cherubim (compare the marginal references).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. David – stood up upon his feet] He was now very old, and chiefly confined to his bed, (see 1Kg 1:47😉 and while he was addressing his son Solomon, he continued on the bed; but when all the principal nobles of his kingdom came before him he received strength to arise and address them, standing on his feet.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
David stood up; partly out of reverence to God and his word, which was the matter of the following discourse; and partly out of respect to this great and honourable assembly.
My brethren; so he calls the princes and chief rulers, both because they had a share with him, though under him in the government; and in compliance with the Divine command, that the king should not be lifted up above his brethren, Deu 17:20.
An house of rest for the ark; a place where it might be fixed, and no more removed from place to place, as it had been.
And for the footstool; the word and is here put expositively for by the footstool, &c., he means the ark.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. Hear me, my brethren, and mypeopleThis was the style of address becoming a constitutionalking of Israel (Deu 17:20; 1Sa 30:23;2Sa 5:1).
I had in mine heartIproposed, or designed.
to build an house of restasolid and permanent temple.
for the footstool of ourGodGod seated between the cherubim, at the two extremities ofthe ark, might be said to be enthroned in His glory, and the coverletof the ark to be His footstool.
and had made ready for thebuildingThe immense treasures which David had amassed and theelaborate preparations he had made, would have been amply sufficientfor the erection of the temple of which he presented the model toSolomon.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then David the king stood up upon his feet,…. 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 r 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 Heb 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, 1Ch 22:7
and for the footstool of our God; or “even for it”, for the ark is meant, which is so called, Ps 99:5 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 1Ch 22:4.
r Eustathius in Homer. Iliald. 1. p. 46. Vid, Iliad. 19. ver. 77, 79.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Then David the king stood up upon his feet.To address the assembly, the king naturally rose from his throne.
Hear me.Calling attention, as in Gen. 23:11-15.
My brethren, and my people.Comp. 1Sa. 30:23; 2Sa. 19:12. The words do not so much imply condescension as an acknowledgment of what every one of Davids hearers felt to be trueviz., that all Israel were kin, and David the head of the family.
As for me, I had in mine heart to build.See 1Ch. 22:7-8 and the Notes there. 1Ch. 28:2-7 of this chapter are in substance, and partly in expression, identical with 1Ch. 22:7-10 (Davids private charge to Solomon).
An house of resti.e., a permanent abode instead of a sacred tent, which gave the idea of wandering from place to place, like the nomads of the desert. (Comp. Psa. 132:8.)
The footstool of our God.The so-called mercy-seat, the golden kappreth suspended over the Ark, on which were the cherubimthe throne of Deity (Psa. 99:1).
And had made ready.Rather, and I made ready, by amassing stores of material (1Ch. 22:2-4; 1Ch. 22:14-16).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 28:2. For the footstool of our God Rather even for the footstool of our God. See Lam 2:1.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
No doubt growing infirmities were upon him; nevertheless he will stand on his feet before them. Observe the kind and affectionate manner of his address; he calls them brethren and people. He next tells them what was his intention in the building of the temple, but that the Lord had said nay; in which his heart acquiesced. He then proceeds to point out his claim to the throne; and this not by purchase, nor by conquest, nor by merit, nor by birth-right; but of the Lord’s appointment: The Lord chose me. He next points to Solomon, as his successor, and from the same cause; the Lord’s pleasure. He then makes a most affectionate appeal, first to the people; and then to his son, Solomon, that both would honour that gracious God who had done so great things for Israel, and walk before the Lord with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. The whole of this farewell discourse of David’s, forms a most interesting period of history in the life of David and is capable of leading out the mind of the Reader into numberless sweet and precious reflections, both of the divine goodness in the instances of mercy recorded, and David’s piety. But passing over all these, I rather call the Reader to the more blessed, spiritual beauties of the passage, as all typical of Jesus and his temple, of which Solomon’s was but a type. Here indeed in the person of the Lord Jesus, we see that promise breaking out from everlasting, in the decree of divine counsels. Jesus was set up, and all his covenant engagements marked down in the volume of the book, which he alone was found worthy to open. It is of him that God the Father said, I have raised him up in righteousness: and I will direct all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price, nor reward, saith the Lord of Hosts. To constitute the glory of this house, the labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia shall be brought, and the Lord would consecrate the gain of all the whole earth. Sweet and precious thoughts! and all finally and fully confirmed in Jesus. Isa 45:13-14 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
Ver. 2. Then David the king stood up upon his feet. ] To show his reverence to God, as Jdg 3:20 , and his good respect to the assembly, which was comitia totius regni, a parliament, wherein he was to be the speaker.
Hear me, my brethren, and my people.
As for me, I had in my heart.
And for the foot stool,
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
stood up upon his feet. Note David’s three attitudes: lying on the earth as a penitent (2Sa 12:16. Compare Psa 51); sitting before Jehovah as a worshipper (2Sa 7:18. 2Sa 17:16); and standing on his feet as a servant (28, 2).
the ark. See note on 1Ch 13:3 and Exo 25:22.
and = even.
the footstool of our God = the Ark. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
stood up: Gen 48:2, 1Ki 1:47
my brethren: 1Ch 11:1-3, Deu 17:15, Deu 17:20, Psa 22:22, Heb 2:11, Heb 2:12
I had in mine heart: 1Ch 17:1, 1Ch 17:2, 2Sa 7:1, 2Sa 7:2, 1Ki 8:17, 1Ki 8:18
rest: 1Ch 6:31, Psa 132:3-8, Psa 132:14
the footstool: Psa 99:5, Psa 132:7, Isa 66:1, Lam 2:1, Act 7:49
had made ready: 1Ch 18:7-11, 1Ch 22:2-5, 1Ch 22:14
Reciprocal: Exo 35:21 – General Deu 3:26 – Let it 2Sa 7:3 – all that 1Ch 17:4 – Thou shalt not 1Ch 22:7 – it was in 2Ch 1:11 – this was 2Ch 6:7 – General 2Ch 6:41 – thy resting Isa 60:13 – the place Eze 43:7 – and the place Mat 25:16 – went Mar 14:8 – hath done Act 7:46 – and desired
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 28:2. Then the king stood up upon his feet Out of reverence to God, and respect to this great and honourable assembly. And said, Hear me, my brethren So he calls the princes and chief rulers, both because they had a share with him, though under him, in the government; and in compliance with the divine command, that the king should not be lifted up above his brethren, Deu 17:20. A house of rest A place where it might be fixed, and no more removed from place to place, as it had been. For the footstool A house for the ark is here styled, a house for the footstool of our God. Heaven is his throne: the earth and the most magnificent temples thereon are but his footstool. So much difference is there between the manifestations of his glory, in the upper and in the lower world!
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of {a} rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
(a) Where the ark would stay and no longer move to and fro.