This is the house. David perhaps had some assurance that this was the place on which God designed that His house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy not only the threshing-floor, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a structure. 21:18-28; Ge 28:17; De 12:5-7,11; 2Sa 24:18; 2Ch 3:1; 6:5,6; Ps 78:60,67-69; 132:13,14; Joh 4:20-22;
and this is the altar. 2Ki 18:22; 2Ch 32:12;
the strangers. 1Ki 9:20,21; 2Ch 2:17; 8:7,8; Isa 61:5,6; Eph 2:12,19-22;
masons. 14:1; 2Sa 5:11; 1Ki 5:17,18; 6:7; 7:9-12; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; Ezr 3:7;
without weight. ver. 14; 1Ki 7:47; 2Ch 4:18; Jer 52:20;
cedar trees. 2Sa 5:11; 1Ki 5:6-10; 2Ch 2:3; Ezr 3:7;
Solomon. 29:1; 1Ki 3:7; 2Ch 13:7;
exceeding. 1Ki 9:8; 2Ch 2:5; 7:21; Ezr 3:12; Isa 64:11; Eze 7:20; Hag 2:3,9; Lu 21:5;
David prepared. De 31:2-7; Ec 9:10; Joh 3:30; 4:37,38; 9:4; 13:1; 2Pe 1:13-15;
charged him. Nu 27:18,19,23; De 31:14,23; Mt 28:18-20; Ac 1:2; 20:25-31; 1Ti 5:21; 6:13-17; 2Ti 4:1;
it was in. 17:1-15; 28:2-21; 29:3; 2Sa 7:2; 1Ki 8:17-19; 2Ch 6:7-9; Ps 132:5;
unto the name. De 12:5,11,21; 1Ki 8:16,20,29; 9:3; 2Ch 2:4; Ezr 6:12;
Thou has shed. 28:3; Nu 31:20,24; 1Ki 5:3;
thou shalt not. 17:4-10; 2Sa 7:5-11;
a son. 17:11; 28:5-7; 2Sa 7:12,13;
I will give. 1Ki 4:20,25; 5:4; Ps 72:7; Isa 9:6,7;
Solomon. that is, Peaceable. 2Sa 12:24,25;
I will give peace. Jud 6:24; Job 34:29; Isa 26:12; 45:7; 57:19; 66:12; Hag 2:9;
He shall build. 17:12,13; 28:6; 2Sa 7:13; 1Ki 5:5; 8:19,20; Zec 6:12,13;
he shall be. Ps 89:26; Heb 1:5;
I will establish. 17:14; 28:7; Ps 89:36,37; Isa 9:7;
the Lord. ver. 16; 28:20; Isa 26:12; Mt 1:23; 28:20; Ro 15:33; 2Ti 4:22;
Only the. 1Ki 3:9-12; 2Ch 1:10; Ps 72:1; Pr 2:6,7; Lu 21:15; Jas 1:5;
that thou mayest. De 4:6; 1Ki 11:1-10; Pr 14:8; 1Jo 2:3;
Then shalt. 28:7; Jos 1:7,8; 1Ki 2:3; 2Ch 20:20; Ps 119:6; Jer 22:3,4;
to fulfil. Mt 3:15; Ac 13:22; Ga 6:2; Jas 2:8;
be strong. 28:10,20; De 31:7,8; Jos 1:6-9,18; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10; 2Ti 2:1;
trouble. or, poverty. 2Co 8:2;
an hundred thousand. This, at 5,075�. 15s. 7�d. the talent, would amount to the sum of 507,578,125�. 29:4-7; 1Ki 10:14;
thousand thousand talents of silver. This, at 353�. 11s. 10d. the talent, would amount to 353,591,666�. 13s. 4d.; and both sums would amount to the immense sum of 868,169,791�. 13s. 4d.
without weight. ver. 3; 2Ki 25:16; Jer 52:20;
hewers and workers of stone and timber. that is, masons and carpenters. ver. 2-4;
all manner. Ex 28:6; 31:3-5; 35:32,35; 1Ki 7:14;
Arise. Jos 1:2,5,9; 7:10; Jud 4:14; 18:9,10; 2Ch 20:17; 1Co 15:58; Eph 5:14; Php 2:12,13; 4:13;
and the Lord. ver. 11; 1Sa 17:37; 20:13;
all the princes. 28:21; 29:6; Ro 16:2,3; Php 4:3; 3Jo 1:8;
Is not. Jud 6:12-14; Ro 8:31;
and hath. ver. 9; 23:25; De 12:10,11; Jos 22:4; 23:1; 2Sa 7:1; Ac 9:31;
before the Lord. De 20:4; Jos 10:42; 1Sa 25:28; 2Sa 5:19,20; Ps 44:1-5;
set your. 16:11; 28:9; De 4:29; 32:46,47; Ps 27:4; 2Ch 20:3; Da 9:3; Hag 1:5; Ac 11:23;
arise. ver. 16; Isa 60:1; Ac 22:16;
to bring. 1Ki 8:6,21; 2Ch 5:7; 6:11;