3<\/strong>. the joinings<\/em> ] R.V. the couplings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For the joinings – <\/B>i. e., the girders, or cramps – pieces of iron to be used in joining beams or stones together.<\/P><\/p>\n 1Ch 22:3<\/span><\/p>\n And David prepared iron in abundance.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Builders<\/strong><\/p>\n It sometimes becomes difficult to say who really did build the temple, so little was left for Solomon to do. Is it not so with all the temples of civilisation? Who built the temple of literature? Who erected the temple of science? Who is the architect, and who the builder of the temple of discovery? The last man is so immediately behind us, that we dare not take credit to ourselves for aught we do; so much has been done in preparation that when we speak of the temple we say it was built by the age, or the generation, or the spirit of the times. (J. Parker,<\/em> D. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 3<\/span>. Irons – for the nails, &c.<\/B><\/I>] Iron for bolts, bars, hinges, &c., &c.<\/P> <\/p>\n For the joinings; <\/B>to be used, together with melted lead, for the joining of those great and square stones together. <\/P> <\/p>\n And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings<\/strong>,…. Great plenty of iron to make nails of for joining the boards together, of which the doors and gates were to be made, and for the fastening of the hinges of them:<\/p>\n and brass in abundance without weight<\/strong>; for making the altar of brass, and the laver of brass, and other vessels. Brass was much used by the Heathens in sacred things, as Macrobius p observes.<\/p>\n p Saturnal. l. 5. c. 19.<\/p>\n (3) For the<\/strong> nails.<\/strong>Mismrm<\/em> happens to occur only in the later books of the Old Testament, but may well be an ancient word. (Comp. the Assyrian asmar <\/em>spears, which derives from the same root.)<\/p>\n For the doors of the<\/strong> gates.<\/strong>he doors were to be what we call folding-doors (1Ki. 6:34-35<\/span>).<\/p>\n For the joinings.<\/strong>Literally, things that couple,<\/em> or connect<\/em> (feminine participle): i.e., iron clamps and hinges. In 2Ch. 34:11<\/span> the same term is used of wooden<\/em> clamps or braces.<\/p>\n And brass.<\/strong>Bronze, which was much used in the ornamental work of ancient buildings. Comp. the plates of bronze which once adorned the doors of the temple of Shalmaneser II. (B.C. 854), at Balawt, and are now in the British Museum. Sennacherib, in a later age (B.C. 700), describes the doors of his palace at Nineveh as overlaid with shining bronze.<\/p>\n Without weight.<\/strong>A natural hyperbole. The actual amounts would, of course, be known to the royal treasurers. (Comp. the common use of the phrases la<\/em> niba, la mani<\/em> without number, without measure, in Assyrian accounts of spoils and captives.)<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. <\/strong> Nails for the doors of the gates <\/strong> “That is, for the folding doors of the gates; partly for the pivots on which the folding doors turned, partly to strengthen the boards of which the doors were made.” Keil. <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n For the joinings <\/strong> For cramps, or iron holders to fasten and hold beams and stones together. <\/p>\n Without weight <\/strong> The bulk and amount was so great as not to be easily weighed. As we sometimes familiarly say, “There was no weighing it.”<\/p>\n “Handfuls of Purpose,”<\/p>\n For All Gleaners<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n “And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight.” 1Ch 23:3<\/span><\/em> .<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n David could hardly keep his hands off the actual building of the temple itself. We have seen again and again that he went as near to it as he could possibly approach. It sometimes becomes difficult to say who really did build the temple, so little was left for Solomon to do. Is it not so with all the temples of civilisation? Who built the temple of Literature? Who erected the temple of Science? Who is the architect and who the builder of the temple of Discovery, the discovery of arts, sciences, provinces, continents, lakes, and rivers? The last man is so immediately behind us that we dare not take credit to ourselves for aught we do; so much has been done in preparation that when we speak of the temple we say it was built by the age or the generation or the spirit of the times. There is, of course, always one man whose name takes the lead in the higher architecture and erection of temples, but the name of the leader is only symbolical of the multitude of his followers and supporters. David was content to prepare the way of the Lord; John was content to be a voice crying in the wilderness; other men have laboured, and we have entered into their labours. We say David prepared, and Solomon built, but how could Solomon have built if David had not prepared? We do not make our own roads, our own libraries, our own code of laws; we take the roads that are made, the libraries that are in existence, the laws that are operating, and these we enlarge or amend: or enrich or advance upon in some sense, but in reality we do but carry out what older and abler men it may be have prepared to our hands. Gratitude should hold in loving remembrance all those who have even prepared for the building of the temple. Think of the fathers and mothers, the statesmen and soldiers, the authors and artists, the preachers and teachers, who have been in this great world-house before us, preparing as it were for our advent and occupation; we should read our indebtedness on all the grave-stones; we should see our obligation in old age, and in things that are ready to vanish away. We should not ruthlessly abrogate the past, but genuinely and philosophically fulfil it. Jesus Christ himself said that he came not to destroy the law but to fulfil it; that is, to bring to bud and fruitage the things that had already been sown in the human mind by the action of previous teachers and legislators. For our encouragement, when our ambition seems to be limited within a sphere which makes us impatient, we should read the words, “And David prepared,” and remember that if a king could prepare for the building of a temple without actually building it himself, we should look upon every action we do and probably upon every word we speak as contributions towards the erection of a divine house upon the earth. We read much of the “abundance” with which David prepared; he prepared iron in abundance, he gathered brass in abundance, he collected cedar trees in abundance; nothing was begrudged or limited; throughout the whole there was a presence of generosity and overflowing-ness, which indicated that the work was undertaken by generous and energetic hands. David’s estimate of the work that was to be done will be seen in the fifth verse.<\/p>\n 1Ch 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;<\/p>\n Ver. 3. And David prepared iron in abundance, &c.<\/strong> ] Many parents prepare guilt in abundance, hoards and heaps of evil gotten goods – and there with God’s curse – to spend on their lusts, &c. As for pious and charitable uses, they cry out, with Judas, Whereto is this waste?<\/p>\n iron. None in Tabernacle. <\/p>\n prepared iron: 1Ch 29:2, 1Ch 29:7 <\/p>\n without weight: 1Ch 22:14, 1Ki 7:47, 2Ch 4:18, Jer 52:20 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ch 22:16 – the gold 1Ch 26:20 – treasures<\/p>\n 22:3 And David prepared iron {c} in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;<\/p>\n (c) That is, which weighed fifty shekels of gold, 2Ch 3:9.<\/p>\n And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 3. the joinings ] R.V. the couplings. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For the joinings – i. e., the girders, or cramps – pieces of iron to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 22:3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The People’s Bible by Joseph Parker<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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