Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 29:19
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the palace, [for] the which I have made provision.
19. a perfect heart ] See 1Ch 28:9, note.
the palace ] See 1Ch 29:1, note.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. Give unto Solomon – a perfect heart] This he did, but Solomon abused his mercies.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
By purchasing the place, 1Ch 21, and providing for the expenses of the work.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,…. All the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, even to observe them cordially and sincerely:
and to do all those things; he had suggested to him particularly:
and to build the palace for the which I have made provision; as before declared.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And to Solomon may God give a whole (undivided) heart, that he may keep all the divine commands and do them, and build the temple. as in 1Ch 29:9. , that he may do all, scil. that the commands, testimonies, and statutes require. For , see 1Ch 29:1.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(19) To keep thy commandments . . . thy statutes.Deu. 6:17.
The palace.1Ch. 29:1.
And to do all these things.And to do the whole; (scil.) of thy commandments, testimonies, and statutes (comp. 1Ch. 22:13; 1Ch. 28:7), or, to carry out all my designs.
For the which I have made provision.Which I have prepared (scil.) to build (1Ch. 28:2).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 29:19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the palace, [for] the which I have made provision.
Ver. 19. To keep thy commandments. ] To yield unto thee “the obedience of faith.” Learn here what to pray for in the behalf of our children. A child of many such prayers cannot easily miscarry.
And to do all these things.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
And give: 1Ch 28:9, Psa 72:1, Psa 119:80, Jam 1:17
the which: 1Ch 29:2, 1Ch 22:14
Reciprocal: 1Ki 2:3 – And keep 1Ki 3:9 – Give therefore 1Ki 6:1 – build 1Ki 11:4 – his heart 2Ki 2:9 – Ask what 2Ki 17:37 – the statutes 2Ch 30:12 – the hand of God Psa 78:69 – high Psa 127:1 – build Isa 38:3 – a perfect Jer 30:18 – the palace Joh 3:10 – and knowest Eph 6:4 – but 2Ti 2:7 – and
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A PERFECT HEART
A perfect heart.
1Ch 29:19
There are two things which ought to be as near as can be synonymous termsthe heart of God and the heart of man. How can this be?
I. Turn to the Old Testament, and consider the heyday of Israels prosperity and devotion.The sun of David, the man of war, is setting with all the mellowed radiance of peace. The king, the rulers, and the people offered willingly to the Lord, with a perfect heart, a sum as large, probably, as was ever spent upon any one sacred edifice at any one time. Both parties did so with sincerity. The king and his people had each all they desired, in the peace which had come at last, and in the enlarged territory and the universal prosperity of Israel. Each was sincere; there was no behind thought as the French would say. The scene in to-days evening lesson changes from the reign of the father to that of the son, and shows us Solomon pleading as a little child for an understanding heart. And the answer comes back, Behold, I have done according to thy words (1Ki 3:7; 1Ki 3:9; 1Ki 3:12). The sequel showed that Jehovah was as good as His word. Yet no failure in all history is more sudden, more mysterious, more hopeless, than that of Solomon. God appeared to him twice, yet he fell. Yet clearly there was hope even for Solomon, who grew old in wickedness. The Old Testament stands or falls with the truth that perfectness of heart was possible and could be attained. The yearnings of David and Solomon and others were natural for man to have and possible for God to satisfy. But many failed, and the perfect hearts in each generation were a very small remnant, or were wanting altogether.
II. And so the dispensation went down before the bringing in of some better thing to take its place.The old law is to give way not only to a new law, but one which shall be obeyed by a new creation. The hearts of men underwent no organic change, but only a change in their aspirations. Hitherto the best of them had desired to acquire a certain blamelessness by conformity to statutes, which when they had performed, they were still unprofitable servants. They had desired to be perfect in themselves and for themselves. They were to qualify for the friendship of the Son of Man by obedience, not to their own will, but to Anothers. Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. The perfect heart, under the New Covenant, will belong only to him who can say Abba, Father, in any language, and who can say it, not on the strength of what he himself has done, but because of something which Another has done, and which he has received.
III. Observe the contrast between the Old and the New.(a) Davids verdict upon himself and his doings (1Ch 29:2-3). St. Pauls verdict: Ye have received the Spirit of adoption (Rom 8:15). The one has given to God what was Gods before. The other has received as a free gift the adoption, which no deed, no sacrifice of his could claim in return. (b) How fleeting the satisfaction of obedience and sincerity and perfection under the Old Dispensation! We are strangers before Thee, and sojourners (1Ch 29:15). The gold and other offerings outlast the perfect heart that offered them; the givers go their way, the gifts remain. But under the New Covenant the sons are joint-heirs for eternity with Him Who only hath immortality, and from Whose love neither things present nor things to come shall separate them. (c) Once more the perfect heart finds a standard for its perfection even in this present time. Its sincerity will appear not only in its dependence upon its Author, in being led by His Spirit rather than going its own way, but in its works. By our fruits men shall know us. He that doeth shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven.
Rev. E. H. Pearce.
Illustration
Above all, the strength of Davids character was his piety. That piety was altogether practical and real. It was a joy in God in times of good; a quenchless thirst for God in times of declension, never failing to bring him back in contrition; a chastened submissiveness to God in times of trouble; and at all times a clear trust in God, which grew in power and beauty as years and experience grew on him. But, indeed, Davids character is so extraordinarily rich and varied that historians and poets alike have tried in vain to describe it worthily.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
1Ch 29:19. And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart He had charged Solomon to serve God with a perfect heart, and now he prays to God to give him such a heart. He does not pray that God would make him rich, or great, or learned, but, what is infinitely more important, that he would make him sincerely and decidedly godly and righteous, devoted to God and his service, and steady and faithful therein. To keep thy commandments Which David knew would not, could not, be kept by Solomon or any man, unless his heart was renewed by the grace of God, and made right with him. And to build the palace, &c. Not only to observe the precepts of thy law in general, and do thy will in other respects, but in particular to accomplish thy design in building thee a temple, that he may perform that service with a single eye. For which I have made provision By purchasing the place, (chap. 21.,) and providing for the expenses of the work. From this prayer of David, both for Solomon and the people, we may see, that even in those days, when there was so much of ceremony and external pomp in religion, and when the church of God was in its nonage, as the apostle states, (Gal 4:1-3,) and in bondage under the elements of the world, yet the inward grace of God, or the operation of the Spirit on the human heart, was judged absolutely necessary to enable a man to keep the commandments of God. How much more then is the grace of God necessary to enable a man to walk according to the more pure and spiritual doctrines and precepts of Christianity, to love and embrace its holy promises, and live up to its more divine and heavenly privileges.