20<\/strong>. Be strong<\/em> ] God’s help in the planning is a pledge of God’s help in the accomplishment. Cp. 1Ch 28:10 , 1Ch 22:13<\/span>. The work was great, and Solomon young; 1Ch 22:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n until<\/em> thou hast finished all the work<\/em> ] R.V. until all the work be finished<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Verse 20<\/span>. The Lord God – my God<\/B><\/I>, will be <\/B>with thee<\/B><\/I>] “The Word of the Lord my God will be thy assistant.” – T<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Be strong and of good courage<\/B>. See Poole “1Ch 27:10<\/span>“. <\/P> <\/p>\n 20. Be strong and of goodcourage<\/B>The address begun in 1Ch28:9<\/span> is resumed and concluded in the same strain.<\/P><\/p>\n And David said to Solomon his son, be strong, and of good courage, and do it<\/strong>,…. [See comments on 1Ch 28:10]<\/span><\/p>\n fear not, nor be dismayed<\/strong>; that thou shalt meet with any opposition in the work, or not be able to finish it for want of materials and workmen, or money to pay them:<\/p>\n for the Lord God, [even] my God, will be with thee<\/strong>; to guide and direct, prosper and succeed; the Targum is,<\/p>\n “the Word of the Lord God, my God, will be thy help:”<\/p>\n he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee<\/strong>; a promise made to Joshua, and is applicable to every good man in whatsoever good work he is concerned, Jos 1:5<\/span>,<\/p>\n until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord<\/strong>; built the temple, and all the apartments of it, and courts belonging to it, and made and provided all the utensils and vessels necessary for the service and worship of God.<\/p>\n In conclusion, David encourages his son to go forward to the work with good courage, for his God would not forsake him; and the priests and Levites, cunning workmen, and the princes, together with the whole people, would willingly support him. With the encouragement, 1Ch 28:20<\/span><\/em>, cf. 1Ch 22:13<\/span>; and with the promise, 1Ch 28:20<\/span><\/em>, cf. Deu 31:6<\/span>, Deu 31:8<\/span>; Jos 1:5<\/span>. , my God, says David, ut in mentem ei revocet, quomodo multis in periculis servatus sit <\/em> (Lav.). , all the work-business, i.e., all the labour necessary for the building of the house of God.<\/p>\n 1Ch 28:21<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong> is fittingly translated by Clericus, “ en habes<\/em>.” The reference which lies in the to the classes of the priests and Levites, i.e., the priests and Levites divided into classes, does not presuppose their presence in the assembly. With the corresponds , with thee, i.e., for assistance to thee, in the second half of the verse. The before -naadiyb, “are all freely willing with wisdom,” in the middle of the sentence introducing the subject is strange; Bertheau would therefore strike it out, thinking that, as goes immediately before, and follows immediately afterwards twice, here may easily be an error for . This is certainly possible; but since this is very frequently used in the Chronicle, it is a question whether it should not be regarded as authentic, “serving to bring into emphatic prominence the idea of the ndyb kl: with thee is for each business, what regards each willing person, for also all willing persons;” cf. Ew. 310, a<\/em>. = , 2Ch 29:31<\/span>; Exo 35:5<\/span>, Exo 35:22<\/span>, usually denotes him who brings voluntary gifts, but here, him who voluntarily brings wisdom to every service, who willingly employs his wisdom and knowledge in a service. Cunning, intelligent workmen and artists are meant, 1Ch 22:15<\/span>; 2Ch 2:6<\/span>. , “towards all thy words,” i.e., as thou sayest or commandest them, the princes and the people, or callest upon them for assistance in the work.<\/p>\n Solomon’s Charge, Verses 20-21<\/strong><\/p>\n The charge to Solomon by <\/em>David is reiterated here (see comments earlier on 1Ch 22:13<\/span>). The charge as stated here is very much like that given to Joshua when he was to assume leadership of Israel following the death of Moses (De 31:6-7; Jos 1:6-9<\/span>). It would require strength of will and courage, for there would be great obstacles and doubtless opposition by some. He should have no fear, nor be dismayed (or perplexed at his problems). For the Lord God would be with Solomon, the God of David. David was an example for his son, of the goodness and mercy of the Lord, and he wanted Solomon to count on the same divine care.<\/em><\/p>\n David now <\/em>divulged what was, perhaps; his reason for organization of the priestly and Levitical service. He wanted Solomon to have the full support of the Lord; the priests and Levites would be in a position to intercede for him in the work. So Solomon is told that he may count on these representatives of the Lord to support him. In addition David has arranged to lighten the physical load of his son when he begins to build the temple. He had already assigned trained workmen to the work of building. Their skills would be available for whatever need he had. This gathering of the princes was to assure him their wholehearted support in the monumental task he is to undertake. there is much to be accomplished in the co-operation of God’s people (2Co 6:1<\/span>).<\/em><\/p>\n (20) And David said to Solomon his son.<\/strong>The conclusion of the speech begun in 1Ch. 28:9-10<\/span>, and interrupted by the transfer of the plans and designs (1Ch. 28:11-19<\/span>).<\/p>\n Be strong and of good courage.<\/strong>So 1Ch. 22:13<\/span>. And do is added here, because the time for action is imminent.<\/p>\n Fear not . . . forsake thee.<\/strong>From Deu. 31:6<\/span>; Deu. 31:8<\/span>. (See also Jos. 1:5-6<\/span>.)<\/p>\n My God.<\/strong>Recalling, in a single word, all his own wonderful experience of the Divine Helper.<\/p>\n Fail.<\/strong>Drop, let go,<\/em> and so dismiss, desert.<\/em><\/p>\n Until.<\/strong>The word implies nothing about the time beyond<\/em> the expressed limit. (Comp. ws, Mat. 1:25<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 1Ch 28:20 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. He will not fail thee, &c.<\/strong> ] See on Jos 1:5<\/span> .<\/p>\n Be strong, and of a good courage. See note on Deu 31:7. <\/p>\n He will not fail thee. See notes on Deu 4:31; Deu 31:6. <\/p>\n 1Ch 28:20-21<\/p>\n 1Ch 28:20-21<\/p>\n DAVID’S ADMONITION FOR SOLOMON<\/p>\n “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, or forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished. 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.”<\/p>\n The absolute sincerity and total devotion of king David in his love of God and his enthusiasm for building the temple shine in every word of these wonderful sentences. How tragic it is that his son Solomon failed so wretchedly to honor the admonition of this wonderful father.<\/p>\n SPECIAL NOTE ON 1Ch 28:5<\/p>\n “He (God) hath chosen Solomon … to sit upon the throne of the KINGDOM OF JEHOVAH over Israel” (1Ch 28:5). There is not a more preposterous statement in all the Bible than this one. David truly believed, as did all Israel, that the earthly kingdom that God had given them was the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n In a certain sense, of course, the people of Israel were a type of that `kingdom of heaven’ which is the Church; but in no sense whatever was the secular, political kingdom of David and Solomon the kingdom of God. The ancient inhabitants of Canaan were not driven out of Palestine, as God commanded; but they were enslaved by Israel. (See the opening chapters of my commentary on Judges.)<\/p>\n “2Sa 20:24 indicates that David used forced (slave) labor; that passage does not say who composed the labor gangs”; and, although David might not have forced Israelites into his forced labor gangs, the enslaved Canaanites were certainly used; and Solomon quickly extended them to include Israelites also. There is no way that the evil, secular and political kingdom of Israel could have been the kingdom of heaven. Of course, the multitudes who were living off the sweat of other peoples’ faces liked doing so; and no doubt many thought it was wonderful. (See further comment on this in our Introduction to 1 Kings 4.)<\/p>\n The political Jewish kingdom was never anything other than what the prophet of God called it – “THE SINFUL KINGDOM” (Amo 9:8).<\/p>\n E.M. Zerr:<\/p>\n 1Ch 28:20. The task of erecting a building of such vast proportions was great. It was to require the work of thousands of men and call for the collecting of huge amounts of materials; hence the encouraging words of David were appropriate. Neither could such a great work be accomplished without the help of God, and David assured his son that divine help would be given him. <\/p>\n 1Ch 28:21. The courses or turns of the priests also would be assured for Solomon’s service in things belonging to their line. In short, the talents of the entire nation would be at his command.<\/p>\n Be strong: 1Ch 28:10, 1Ch 22:13, Deu 31:7, Deu 31:8, Jos 1:6-9, 1Co 16:13 <\/p>\n fear not: Psa 27:1, Psa 27:2, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13, Rom 8:31 <\/p>\n he will not fail thee: Jos 1:5, Heb 13:5 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 15:1 – Fear Deu 3:28 – charge Joshua Deu 31:6 – Be strong Jos 1:17 – only the Lord 1Ki 1:37 – As the 1Ki 2:2 – be thou 1Ki 6:13 – will not forsake 1Ki 8:13 – surely built 1Ch 22:11 – the Lord 2Ch 6:2 – I have built 2Ch 15:7 – ye strong 2Ch 32:7 – strong Ezr 1:3 – his God Psa 127:1 – build Pro 15:5 – fool Ecc 9:10 – thy hand Isa 35:4 – Be strong Amo 5:14 – and so Hag 2:4 – now Zec 8:9 – Let Mar 8:15 – he charged Eph 6:4 – but Eph 6:10 – be 1Th 2:11 – as 1Ti 6:14 – keep<\/p>\n 1Ch 28:20. The Lord, even my God, will be with thee He whom I have chosen and served, who has all along been with me, and prospered me. I recommend thee to him; he will be with thee, to strengthen, direct, and prosper thee. The God that owned our fathers, and carried them through the services of their day, will, in like manner, if we are faithful to him, go along with us in our day, and will never fail us. God never leaves any, unless they first leave him. <\/p>\n The commissioning of construction 28:20-29:9<\/span><\/p>\n Haggai echoed David’s words of encouragement to begin building-which David addressed to Solomon and Israel’s leaders-hundreds of years later to Israel’s leaders in his day (Hag 2:4-5). David sought to instill his own zeal for God’s glory in his hearers (1Ch 29:1). The people donated a freewill offering of more gold, silver, bronze, and other materials to make Yahweh’s house reflect the glory of His greatness (cf. Hag 2:6-9). [Note: For an answer to the argument that the references to "darics" of gold in 29:7 necessitates a late date of writing, see Harrison, p. 1157.] <\/span> The Israelites of Moses’ day had been similarly generous in providing building materials for the tabernacle (Exo 25:1-7; Exo 35:4-9; Exo 35:20-29).<\/p>\n "Often the extent to which we are prepared to put at risk our material well-being is a measure of the seriousness with which we take our discipleship. . . .<\/p>\n "People are closest to God-likeness in self-giving, and the nearer they approach God-likeness the more genuinely and rightly they become capable of rejoicing." [Note: McConville, p. 103.] <\/span><\/p>\n 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 28:20”<\/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-11175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11175","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=11175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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