Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
11. the pattern ] Cp. 1Ch 28:12; Exo 25:9. The Temple like the tabernacle is to be constructed according to a pattern or model communicated by inspiration. Cp. Exo 28:3; Exo 31:3.
of the porch ] R.V. of the porch of the temple. The triple-recurring thereof refers to the Temple.
the porch ] Cp. 2Ch 3:4; 1Ki 6:3.
the houses thereof ] Cp. 2Ch 34:11. We should expect here a mention of the House itself.
the treasuries ] A different Hebrew word from that used in 1Ch 28:12. The inner treasuries mentioned here were for treasure; the outer treasuries (1Ch 28:12) were perhaps rather store-chambers.
upper chambers ] R.V. upper rooms. Cp. 1Ki 6:6 (the Hebrew word however is different).
inner parlours ] R.V. inner chambers, probably inner recesses of the Temple itself.
the place of the mercy seat ] The Holy of Holies.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Compare 1Ch 28:19. As God had revealed to Moses the pattern of the tabernacle Exo. 26; 27, so He had made known by revelation to David the pattern of the temple and its furniture. This pattern, which consisted of a set of directions in writing, David now handed over to Solomon.
The houses – The holy place and the holy of holies – called respectively the house and the inner house 1Ki 6:17, 1Ki 6:27, and 2Ch 3:5, 2Ch 3:8 the greater house and the most holy house.
The upper chambers – Compare 2Ch 3:9 note.
The inner parlours – The small rooms of the lean-to (1Ki 6:5 note), entered one from another.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
1Ch 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch.
Patterns
Some men can only give outlines, hints, suggestions, patterns. These men are of great consequence and value in the education of the human mind. A hint may be a stimulus. Let it not be supposed that men are doing nothing for the race who write its poems, outline its policies, or sketch new outlines of possible service. The builders could not proceed without the architect. (J. Parker, D. D.)
Counsels to ministers
1. The pattern of the porch. Tell the sinner to come to Christ just as he is; do not begin setting up some fine porch of feelings or preparations.
2. And the houses thereof. Get a clear view of the houses Christ gives His people to dwell in; how they dwell in Him, how they abide in Him, and go no more out for ever.
3. And the treasures thereof. When you preach Christ pray to have written on your heart, as well as in this book, something about the treasures of Gods house. Preach to others of the treasures of the temple of salvation.
4. And of the upper chambers thereof. In these upper chambers you get a view of the glory yet to be revealed.
5. And of the inner parlours thereof. There are sweet fellowships, there are communings which nobody knows but the man who has dwelt where Jesus is, and who continues to abide in Him. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 11. David gave to Solomon – the pattern] He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections, and specifications of every part; and all this he received by inspiration from God himself, (see 1Ch 28:12; 1Ch 28:19,) just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle.
The treasuries thereof] ganzaccaiv. The word ganzach is not Hebrew, but is supposed to be Persian, the same word being found in Es 3:9. In this tongue we have the word [Persian] ganj, a granary, a hidden treasure, and [Persian] gunjoor, and [Persian] gunjineh, a treasure, treasury, or barn. Parkhurst supposes that it is compounded of ganaz, to treasure up, and zach, pure; a treasury for the most precious things.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The pattern of the porch, to wit, of the temple; which is necessarily to be understood.
The houses thereof; either,
1. The houses of the porch, so called because they went through the porch into them. Or rather,
2. The houses of the temple, manifestly understood in the next foregoing clause of this verse, to wit, the holy place, and the holy of holies; which may well pass for two houses, because they were separated by a partition; and because they were of differing dimensions, as appears by 1Ki 6:2,20, especially seeing the holy place is called the greater house, 2Ch 3:5, comparatively to the holy of holies, which was the lesser house, and so you have two houses.
The inner parlours thereof; by these he seems to understand all those rooms which were made against the wall of the house round about, as it is said, 1Ki 6:5, which are here called by divers names, according to the difference of their situation or use.
The place of the mercy-seat, i.e. in what particular part of the holy of holies it was to be placed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
11. Then David gave to Solomon . . .the patternHe now put into the hands of his son and successorthe plan or model of the temple, with the elevations, measurements,apartments, and chief articles of furniture, all of which weredesigned according to the pattern given him by divine revelation (1Ch28:19).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,…. The breadth, and length, and height of it, which was to be placed at the east end of the temple, and was the entrance into it:
and, of the houses thereof; the holy place, and the most holy, which latter is called the greater house, 2Ch 3:5,
and of the treasures; where things belonging to the temple were laid up, the priests’ vestments, and other things:
and of the upper chambers; where the priests lay or met for conversation, Jer 35:2.
and of the inner parlours thereof; where the priests ate of the holy things; all these seem to he buildings against the wall of the temple round about, 1Ki 6:5
and of the place of the mercy seat: the holy of holies, where that, with the cherubim over it, and the ark under it, were placed.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The sketches and plans of the sacred buildings and vessels. – The enumeration begins in 1Ch 28:11 with the temple house, progressing from outside to inside, and in 1Ch 28:12 goes on to the courts and the buildings in them, and in 1Ch 28:13. to the vessels, etc. , model, pattern; cf. Exo 25:9; here the sketches and drawings of the individual things. is a contraction for , and the suffix refers, as the succeeding words show, not to , but to , which may be easily supplied from the context (1Ch 28:10). In the porch there were no houses. The are the buildings of the temple house, viz., the holy place and the most holy, with the three-storeyed side-building, which are specified in the following words. occurs only here, but is related to , Est 3:9; Est 4:7; Eze 27:24, and to the Chald. , Ezr 7:20, and signifies store and treasure chambers, for which the chambers of the three-storeyed side-building served. are the upper chambers over the most holy place, 2Ch 3:9; are the inner rooms of the porch and of the holy place, since , the house of the ark with the mercy-seat, i.e., the most holy place, is mentioned immediately after.
1Ch 28:12 And the pattern, i.e., the description of all that was in the spirit with him, i.e., what his spirit had designed, , as to the courts. , in reference to all the chambers round about, i.e., to all the rooms on the four sides of the courts. , for the treasures of the house of God; see on 1Ch 26:20.
1Ch 28:13-16
(continuation of ), “and for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of the service, and for all vessels,” – for for all these purposes, viz., for the sojourn of the priests and Levites in the service, as well as for the performance of the necessary works, e.g., preparation of the shew-bread, cooking of the sacrificial flesh, holding of the sacrificial meals, and for the storing of the vessels necessary for these purposes, the cells and building of the courts were set apart. – With 1Ch 28:14 begins the enumeration of the vessels. is co-ordinate with … , 1Ch 28:12: he gave him the description of that which he had in mind “with regard to the golden (i.e., to the golden vessels, cf. 1Ch 29:2), according to the weight of the golden, for all vessels of every service,” in regard to all silver vessels according to the weight. – With 1Ch 28:15 the construction hitherto employed is dropped. According to the usual supposition, the verb is to be supplied from 1Ch 28:11 after : “and gave him the weight for the golden candlesticks and their golden lamps,” being in a state of free subordination to the word (J. H. Mich., Berth., and others). But apart from the fact that no analogous case can be found for such a subordination (for in 2Ch 9:15, which Berth. cites as such, there is no subordination, for there the first is the accusative of the material dependent upon ), the supplying of gives no suitable sense; for David here does not give Solomon the metal for the vessels, but, according to 1Ch 28:11, 1Ch 28:12, 1Ch 28:19, only a , pattern or model for them. If be supplied, must be “he appointed,” and so have a different sense here from that which it has in 1Ch 28:11. This appears very questionable, and it is simpler to take without the article, as an accusative of nearer definition, and to connect the verse thus: “and (what he had in mind) as weight for the golden candlesticks and their lamps, in gold, according to the weight of each candlestick and its lamps, and for the silver candlesticks, in weight – , according to the service of each candlestick” (as it corresponded to the service of each). – In 1Ch 28:16 the enumeration is continued in very loose connection: “And as to the gold ( , quoad ; cf. Ew. 277, d) by weight ( , acc. of free subordination) for the tables of the spreading out, i.e., of the shew-bread ( = , 2Ch 13:11); see on Lev 24:6), for each table, and silver for the silver tables.” Silver tables, i.e., tables overlaid with silver-lamin, and silver candlesticks (1Ch 28:15), are not elsewhere expressly mentioned among the temple vessels, since the whole of the vessels are nowhere individually registered even in the description of the building of the temple. Yet, when the temple was repaired under Joash, 2Ki 12:14; 2Ch 24:14, and when it was destroyed by the Chaldeans, 2Ki 25:15, vessels of gold and silver are spoken of. The silver candlesticks were probably, as Kimchi has conjectured, intended for the priests engaged in the service, and the tables for reception of the sacrificial flesh after it had been prepared for burning upon the altar.
1Ch 28:18 And (the pattern) for the altar of incense of pure gold by weight. In the second member of the verse, at the close of the enumeration, , from 1Ch 28:11, 1Ch 28:12, is again taken up, but with , which Berth. rightly takes to be nota accus .: and (gave him) “the model of the chariot of the cherubim of gold, as spreading out (wings), and sheltering over the ark of the covenant of Jahve.” is not subordinated in the genitive to , but is in explanatory apposition to it. The cherubim, not the ark, are the chariot upon which God enters or is throned; cf. Psa 18:11; Psa 99:1; Exo 25:22. The conception of the cherubim set upon the golden cover of the ark as is derived from the idea , Psa 18:11. Ezekiel, it is true, saw wheels on the throne of God under the cherubim (Eze 1:15., 26), and in accordance with this the lxx and Vulg. have made a cherubim-chariot out of the words ( , quadriga cherubim ); but as against this Berth. rightly remarks, that the idea of a chariot of the cherubim does not at all appear in the two sculptured cherubim upon the ark, nor yet in our passage. (without the article, and with ) Berth. thinks quite unintelligible, and would alter the text, reading , because the two participles should be in apposition to . But this is an error; for neither by the meaning of the words, nor by the passages, 2Ch 5:8; Exo 25:20; 1Ki 8:7, are we compelled to make this alteration. The two first-mentioned passages prove the opposite, viz., that these participles state for what purpose the cherubim are to serve. have the signification of , “that the cherubim might be spreading wings and protecting” (Exo 25:20), as J. H. Mich. has rightly seen. This use of , where in even without a verb the idea of “becoming something” lies, but which Berth. does not understand, has been already discussed, Ew. 217, d, and illustrated by passages, among which 1Ch 28:18 is one. The reference to Exo 25:20 explains also the use of without , the author of the Chronicle not thinking it necessary to give the object of , as he might assume that that passage would be known to readers of his book.
1Ch 28:19 In giving over to Solomon the model of all the parts and vessels of the temple enumerated in 1Ch 28:11-18, David said: “All this, viz., all the works of the pattern, has He taught by writing from the hand of Jahve which came upon me.” is more closely defined by the apposition . That the verse contains words of David is clear from . The subject of is Jahve, which is easily supplied from . It is, however, a question with what we should connect . Its position before the verb, and the circumstance that construed with pers. does not elsewhere, occur, are against its being taken with ; and there remains, therefore, only the choice between connecting it with and with . In favour of the last, Psa 40:8, , prescribed to me, may be compared; and according to that, can only mean, “what is prescribed to me;” cf. for the use of for written prescription, the command in 2Ch 35:4. Bertheau accordingly translates , “by a writing given to me for a rule from Jahve’s hand,” and understands the law of Moses to be meant, because the description of the holy things in Exo 25:1. is manifestly the basis of that in our verses. But had David wished to say nothing further than that he had taken the law in the Scriptures for the basis of his pattern for the holy things, the expression which he employs would be exceedingly forced and wilfully obscure. And, moreover, the position of the words would scarcely allow us to connect with , for in that case we should rather have expected . We must there take along with : “writing from the hand of Jahve came upon me,” i.e., according to the analogy of the phrase (2Ki 3:15; Eze 1:3; Eze 3:14, etc.), a writing coming by divine revelation, or a writing composed in consequence of divine revelation, and founded upon divine inspiration. David therefore says that he had been instructed by a writing resting upon divine inspiration as to all the works of the pattern of the temple. This need not, however, be understood to mean that David had received exemplar vel ideam templi et vasorum sacrorum immediately from Jahve, either by a prophet or by vision, as the model of the tabernacle was shown to Moses on the mount (Exo 25:40; Exo 27:8); for it signifies only that he had not himself invented the pattern which he had committed to writings, i.e., the sketches and descriptions of the temple and its furniture and vessels, but had drawn them up under the influence of divine inspiration.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
| David’s Charge to Solomon. | B. C. 1015. |
11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. 21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
As for the general charge that David gave his son to seek God and serve him, the book of the law was, in that, his only rule, and there needed no other; but, in building the temple, David was now to give him three things:– 1. A model of the building, because it was to be such a building as neither he nor his architects ever saw. Moses had a pattern of the tabernacle shown him in the mount (Heb. viii. 5), so had David of the temple, by the immediate hand of God upon him, v. 19. It was given him in writing, probably by the ministry of an angel, or as clearly and exactly represented to his mind as if it had been in writing. But it is said (v. 12), He had this pattern by the Spirit. The contrivance either of David’s devotion or of Solomon’s wisdom must not be trusted to in an affair of this nature. The temple must be a sacred thing and a type of Christ; there must be in it not only convenience and decency, but significancy: it was a kind of sacrament, and therefore it must not be left to man’s art or invention to contrive it, but must be framed by divine institution. Christ the true temple, the church the gospel temple, and heaven the everlasting temple, are all framed according to the divine councils, and the plan laid in the divine wisdom, ordained before the world for God’s glory and ours. This pattern David gave to Solomon, that he might know what to provide and might go by a certain rule. When Christ left with his disciples a charge to build his gospel church he gave them an exact model of it, ordering them to observe that, and that only, which he commanded. The particular models are here mentioned, of the porch, which was higher than the rest, like a steeple,–then the houses, both the holy place and the most holy, with the rooms adjoining, which were for treasuries, chambers, and parlours,–especially the place of the mercy-seat (v. 11),– of the courts likewise, and the chambers about them, in which the dedicated things were laid up. Bishop Patrick supposes that, among other things, the tabernacle which Moses reared and all the utensils of it, which there was now no further occasion for, were laid up here, signifying that in the fulness of time all the Mosaic economy, all the rites and ceremonies of that dispensation, should be respectfully laid aside, and something better come in their room. He gave him a table of the courses of the priests, patterns of the vessels of service (v. 13), and a pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, v. 18. Besides the two cherubim over the mercy-seat, there were two much larger, whose wings reached from wall to wall (1 Kings vi. 23, c.), and of these David here gave Solomon the pattern, called a chariot for the angels are the chariots of God, Ps. lxviii. 17. 2. Materials for the most costly of the utensils of the temple. That they might not be made any less than the patterns, he weighed out the exact quantity for each vessel both of gold and silver, v. 14. In the tabernacle there was but one golden candlestick; in the temple there were ten (1 Kings vii. 49), besides silver ones, which, it is supposed, were hand-candlesticks, v. 15. In the tabernacle there was but one table; but in the temple, besides that on which the show-bread was set, there were ten others for other uses (2 Chron. iv. 8), besides silver tables; for, this house being much larger than that, it would look bare if it had not furniture proportionable. The gold for the altar of incense is particularly said to be refined gold (v. 18), purer than any of the rest; for that was typical of the intercession of Christ, than which nothing is more pure and perfect. 3. Directions which way to look for help in this great undertaking. “Fear not opposition; fear not the charge, care, and trouble; fear not miscarrying in it, as in the case of Uzza; fear not the reproach of the foolish builder, that began to build and was not able to finish. Be not dismayed. (1.) God will help thee, and thou must look up to him in the first place (v. 20): The Lord God, even my God, whom I have chosen and served, who has all along been present with me and prospered me, and to whom, from my own experience of his power and goodness, I recommend thee, he will be with thee, to direct, strengthen, and prosper thee; he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.” Note, We may be sure that God, who owned our fathers and carried them through the services of their day, will, in like manner, if we be faithful to him, go along with us in our day, and will never leave us, while he has any work to do in us or by us. The same that was Joshua’s encouragement (Josh. i. 5), and Solomon’s, is given to all believers, Heb. xiii. 5. He will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. God never leaves any unless they first leave him. (2.) “Good men will help thee, v. 21. The priests and Levites will advise thee, and thou mayest consult them. Thou hast good workmen, who are both willing and skilful;” and these are two very good properties in a workman, especially in those that work at the temple. And, lastly, “The princes and the people will be so far from opposing or retarding the work that they will be wholly at thy command, every one in his place ready to further it.” Then good work is likely to go on when all parties concerned are hearty in it, and none secretly clog it, but all drive on heartily in it.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
25. TEMPLE BUILDING-PLANS (1Ch. 28:11-21)
TEXT
1Ch. 28:11. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat; 12. and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things; 13. also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah; 14. of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service; 15. by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick; 16. and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver; 17. and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl; 18. and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. 19. All this, said David, have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah, even all the works of this pattern.
20. And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished. 21. And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
PARAPHRASE
1Ch. 28:11. Then David gave Solomon the blueprint of the Temple and its surroundingsthe treasuries, the upstairs rooms, the inside rooms, and the sanctuary for the place of mercy, 12. He also gave Solomon his plans for the outer court, the outside rooms, the Temple storage areas, and the treasuries for the gifts dedicated by famous persons. For the Holy Spirit had given David all these plans. 13. The king also passed on to Solomon the instructions concerning the work of the various groups of priests and Levites; and he gave specifications for each item in the Temple which was to be used for worship and sacrifice. 14. David weighed out enough gold and silver to make these various items, 15. as well as the specific amount of gold needed for the lampstands and lamps. He also weighed out enough silver for the silver candlesticks and lamps, each according to its use. 16. He weighed out the gold for the table on which the Bread of the Presence would be placed and for the other gold tables. and he weighed the silver for the silver tables. 17. Then he weighed out the gold for the solid gold hooks used in handling the sacrificial meat and for the basins, cups, and bowls of gold and silver. 18. Finally, he weighed out the refined gold for the altar of incense and for the gold angels whose wings were stretched over the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.
19. Every part of this blueprint, David told Solomon, was given to me in writing from the hand of the Lord.
20. Then he continued, Be strong and courageous and get to work. Dont be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; he will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly. 21. And these various groups of priests and Levites will serve in the Temple. Others with skills of every kind will volunteer, and the army and the entire nation are at your command.
COMMENTARY
A building so elaborate as the Temple would require an extensive set of blueprints. When Jehovah was ready to set His Tabernacle in the center of Israels camp He provided a complete pattern for the structure. David planned this rather formal presentation of the design for the building to Solomon. One can imagine how David turned the respective pages of the blueprint. The pattern for the porch at the entrance on the east, the plans for the houses (the Holy Place and the Oracle), the diagrams for the treasuries (storerooms built in the walls of the Temple), the blueprints for the inner chambers (the ground level rooms in the Temple walls), the plans for the place of the mercy seat (the Oracle) were all delivered directly to Solomon. The complete pattern in all of its details was given to David by the Spirit. The Spirit of God communicated very clearly with the spirit of David. The design for the courts and store rooms were also submitted to Solomon. The schedule of the courses of priests and Levites was formally presented. The specific dimensions and details of the vessels of gold and silver, of the candlesticks, of the tables of shewbread (of which there were ten2Ch. 4:8), of the tools, bowls, flasks, altar of incense, of the cherubim were placed in Solomons hands on this occasion. The laws of Jehovah given at Mt. Sinai were written with the fingers of God. Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face. David said with regard to the Temple plans, all of this have I received in writing from Jehovahs hand. He had no misgivings as to the origin of the total design. David once again charges Solomon to be firm in his commitment to begin and complete the Temple. Jehovah would be with Solomon. The priests, the Levites, master craftsmen, willing workmen, and all the people would provide the human resources to build Jehovahs House.
Fuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
(11) Then (and) David gave.The description proceeds from the outer to the inner.
The pattern.Heb., tahnth, the word used in Exo. 25:9 of the model, plan, or design of the Tabernacle.
The porch.See 1Ki. 6:3. The Syriac has prstid: i.e., , colonnade, portico.
The houses thereof.Itsi.e., the Templeschambers. Throughout this verse the word thereof refers to the house mentioned in 1Ch. 28:10. The two principal rooms of the Temple, the holy place and the Holy of holies, or, as we might say, the nave and the chancel, are called its houses (bttm).
The treasuries (ganzakkim), occurring here only. It appears to be a loan word from the Persian (ghanj, treasure, treasury; comp. the Latin and Greek gaza, treasure. In old Persian ka was a noun-ending; comp. bandaka, servant). With the singular, ganzak, comp. Persian Ghanjak (the classical Gazaca), the capital of Atropatene, which was a treasure-city. (Comp. also the word ginz; Est. 3:9; Est. 4:7; Ezr. 7:20, and ginzayy, Ezr. 5:17; Ezr. 6:1, meaning treasures.) Gesenius (Thesaur., p. 296) assumes that the root G N Z has passed from Semitic into Persian, and not vice vers. This may be true, as the root exists in the principal Semitic tongues, and yet it may be that ganzak in Hebrew is a modern loan word. The treasuries or store-rooms of the Temple were probably in the side-building of three storeys (1Ki. 6:5).
The upper chambers (alyth).Only here and in 2Ch. 3:9. They were probably over the Holy of holies, the ceiling of which was twenty cubits from the floor, whereas the roof of the whole building was thirty cubits from the ground. A space of ten cubits high by twenty wide and twenty long was thus available for the upper chambers.
The inner parlours.The fore-court, or vestibule, and the holy place, or nave, in contrast with the place of the mercy-seat, or chamber of the Kappreth: i.e., the Holy of holies, the inmost shrine of the whole bolding.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. The pattern Jehovah had somehow revealed to David the pattern of the temple, as he revealed to Moses that of the tabernacle. Exo 26:30.
The porch See on 1Ki 6:3.
The houses thereof The two main rooms, the holy place and the holy of holies, called in 1Ki 6:17 ; 1Ki 6:27, respectively “the house” and “the inner house.”
The treasuries These were probably located in some of the side chambers.
The upper chambers These are mentioned again in 2Ch 3:9, and are probably to be understood of the upper tier or story of the side chambers, mentioned in 1Ki 6:5. Bertheau thinks they were over the most holy place, which, being twenty cubits every way, left a vacant space above of twenty cubits square and ten cubits high. But the place above the oracle would have been most likely left in darkness, and the plan of the temple as given in 1 Kings 6, shows no way of access to it.
The inner parlours thereof These were probably the more private apartments of the middle and lower stories of the side chambers.
The place of the mercy seat Hebrew, house of the capporeth; that is, the oracle, or holy of holies. See on 1Ki 6:20.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ch 28:11. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern It appears evidently from the remainder of this chapter, that the Lord did by David, as by Moses heretofore; giving him an exact pattern or model, not only of the temple which was to be built, but of all the furniture and utensils hereof. See Exo 25:40.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
There is somewhat very interesting in this account. David is expressly said to have received this model or pattern, from the Spirit. It doth not appear at what time or period of his life this was; yet the fact itself cannot be questioned. Moses had a pattern of the Tabernacle, we are told, given to him, when in the Mount with God, accompanied afterwards with a strict charge to make all things according to it. Heb 8:5 . But when David received it; or how he received it, whether by open vision, by message, or by dream, is not said. It may serve, however, to teach us the great importance of it. And the reason doth not seem difficult to discover. This temple was to be a type of Christ. Afterwards in whatever part of the earth any of God’s people were driven out or scattered, yet directing their hearts by faith towards this hallowed spot, the Lord would be sure to hear. A delightful type of our ever blessed Jesus. 1Ki 8:46-53 . But even this, infinitely grand and important as it was in itself, and independent of every other consideration, yet even this was not all. This temple might be said to be sacramental. It prefigured the body as well as the person of Jesus. And as the body of our dear Lord, for the purpose of sacrifice, was prepared and given without the intervention of an human father, by the miraculous impregnation of the Holy Ghost; so the Church of Jesus, his body, his fair one, his chosen, originated from the gift of Jehovah; and therefore the temple, which represented both, must be the result of Divine counsel and Divine wisdom. Infinitely important, therefore, was the object in the building the temple, that it should be according to the mind and will of God.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
“Handfuls of Purpose,”
For All Gleaners
“Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern…” 1Ch 28:11 .
David was determined to do as much as possible towards building the temple. The temple itself he was forbidden to rear; and yet, whilst obeying the letter of the word, he zealously did his utmost to facilitate the progress of his son. Some men can only give outlines, hints, suggestions, patterns. These men are of great consequence and value in the education of the human mind. A hint may be a stimulus. Some men can see a long way through a small rent, and yet they never could make the rent for themselves. In the Church we have statesmen and politicians that is to say, men who can grasp the entirety of a case, and men who can only see parts of it, or attend to the detail of the working out of some great scheme. Solomon can work according to a pattern when he may be destitute of original invention. We mistake originality when we think that it consists of adaptation of old materials. As a matter of fact, there is no originality. The only partial originality possible to us is the re-arrangement of old histories, facts, phenomena, inferences: but even this adaptation of what is already well known must not be discarded or despised as a secondary service. Let it not be supposed that men are doing nothing for the race who write its poems, outline its policies, or sketch new programmes of possible service. The builder could not proceed without the architect. From a common point of view, the architect may be said to be doing the easy work: seated in his office, and with dainty hands employing himself with clean paper, mathematical instruments, and availing himself of the treasures of knowledge gathered by other men, he might be thought to be doing the playful part of the business: but consult the builder, because the builder alone knows the true value of the architect. But this is part of an old and vexatious sophism. Men will value the material more than the spiritual; the manual more than the intellectual. How long will the time be in coming when men shall see that an idea is of more value than gold, that knowledge is power, and that wisdom is better than strength? There must be no undervaluing one of another amongst men, for one man can do what another can not do, or one man can do another kind of work better than he could render some lower service. Let each operate in his own way.
Fuente: The People’s Bible by Joseph Parker
1Ch 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
Ver. 11. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern. ] The platform of the temple, with the parts and partitions, the vessels, vestments, &c., all which he had foreframed in his mind, by the help of the Holy Spirit, 1Ch 28:12 and set it down in a model, for Solomon’s use.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the pattern. Same word as of Tabernacle to Moses (Exo 25:9, Exo 25:40. See Heb 9:5).
thereof: i.e. of the sanctuary.
mercy seat = the propitiatory. See note on Exo 25:17.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ch 28:11
1Ch 28:11
GOD’S OVERRULING PROVIDENCE IN THE TEMPLE’S CONSTRUCTION
“Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat.”
David himself did not invent this pattern, but God gave it to him, having first given it to Moses; and David learned all about it from Exo 25:10; Exo 25:17-22; Exo 31:7; Exo 40:20; and in Num 7:89. The statement in the next verse that David had this pattern “by the Spirit” is a reference to the fact that God’s Spirit revealed all of these things to Moses.
E.M. Zerr:
1Ch 28:11-12. God was very considerate of David even though he would not permit him to build the temple. He gave him the pattern by the spirit, which means he was inspired in delivering it to his son. More will be said on this subject at 1Ch 28:19.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
David: He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections and specifications of every part; and all this he himself received by inspiration from God himself – 1Ch 28:12, and 1Ch 28:19, just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle.
the pattern: 1Ch 28:19, Exo 25:40, Exo 26:30, Exo 39:42-43, 2Ch 3:3, Eze 43:10-11, Heb 8:5
the porch: 1Ki 6:3, 2Ch 3:4, Eze 40:8, Eze 40:9, Eze 40:15, Eze 40:48-49,
the houses: 1Ki 6:16-20, 2Ch 3:5-10, Eze 41:13-17, Heb 9:2-8
the treasuries: , ganzakkaiv. The word , ganzach, is supposed to be not Hebrew, but Persian; in which language we have gng, ganj, a granary, a hidden treasure, and rwgng, gunjoor, and hnygng, gunjineh, a treasure, treasury, or barn. It may, however, be a Chaldee form of the Hebrew , genez, (from , genaz, to treasure up); the being merely formative, as in , dech, , illaich, and other Chaldee words. 1Ch 9:26-29, 1Ch 26:20-27, Luk 21:1
upper chambers: 1Ki 6:5-6, 1Ki 6:10, 2Ch 3:9, Neh 10:38-39, Neh 13:5, Jer 35:2, Eze 41:6-11
the place: Exo 25:17-22, Exo 40:20-21, 1Ki 6:19, 2Ch 5:7, Heb 9:5
Reciprocal: Exo 25:9 – the pattern of the tabernacle Exo 27:8 – as it was showed Exo 30:6 – before the mercy seat that is over the testimony Exo 37:6 – General Num 8:4 – the pattern 1Ki 7:51 – things which David his father had dedicated 2Ki 16:10 – the pattern 2Ch 29:17 – the porch Eze 40:29 – the little Act 7:44 – that he Heb 4:16 – the throne
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 28:11. David gave Solomon the pattern of the porch To wit, of the temple, which is necessarily to be understood. And of the houses thereof The houses of the temple, namely, of the holy place, and the holy of holies. And of the inner parlours thereof Those rooms which were made against the walls of the house round about, 1Ki 6:5. And of the place of the mercy-seat In what particular part of the holy of holies it was to be placed.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The temple plan 28:11-19
God had revealed detailed plans for the temple to David (1Ch 28:19). Evidently God had instructed David as He had Moses (Exodus 25-31). The writer did not include all the details of the plan David received from the Lord any more than the writer of Kings did. Nevertheless God revealed the instructions for the temple as specifically as He had revealed the instructions for the tabernacle. The postexilic Jews must have had more detailed plans than are available to us today.
". . . the Temple of Old Testament Israel was not essentially a ’religious’ center where religious activities such as sacrifice and worship were carried out; it was the house of Yahweh, the palace of the Great King who could and must be visited there by His devoted subjects. Losing sight of this downplays the centrality of covenant as a fundamental theological principle. When one understands that Yahweh had redeemed and made covenant with His elect people Israel as a great king makes covenant with a vassal, the role of the Temple as the focal point of Israel’s faith becomes immediately apparent. It is the palace of the Sovereign, the place to which they make periodic pilgrimage to proffer their allegiance and to offer up their gifts of homage. Seen as such, the care with which even its most minute details are revealed and executed is most intelligible, for as the visible expression of the invisible God, the Temple with all its forms and functions becomes a sublime revelatory vehicle of the character and purposes of the Almighty." [Note: Merrill, "A Theology . . .," p. 176.]
"A problem in many churches today is the failure to recognize that corporate worship is an experience to be governed to a certain degree by order and propriety. David did not concoct the design of the temple by his own imagination, nor could Solomon build it as he pleased. The very architecture of the place was intended to teach Israel important lessons about the glory, grandeur, and awesomeness of their God. Christian worship that does less should be called into serious question." [Note: Idem, "1 Chronicles," in The Old . . ., p. 313.]