PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 60,920 words · 331 reading sections
1 Chronicles 14:17
1 Chronicles 14:17 Ver. 17. See Gill on "1Ch 14:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 1821 Chronicles 15:1
1 Chronicles 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 15 David, having prepared a place for the ark of God, gathered the Israelites, Levites, and priests, to assist in the bringing of it up thereunto, 1Ch 15:1 and which was done in a very honourable and joyful manner, 1Ch 15:24, though David, for his behaviour, was despised…
152 wordsSECTION 1831 Chronicles 15:2
1 Chronicles 15:2 Ver. 2. Then David said,.... Either within himself, or to his ministers and courtiers about him: none ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; he saw his former mistake in employing those that were not Levites in bringing up the ark from Kirjathjearim, and bringing it in a cart, and not on the…
119 wordsSECTION 1841 Chronicles 15:3
1 Chronicles 15:3 Ver. 3. And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem,.... The chief and heads of the people: to bring up the ark of the Lord; from the house of Obededom, where it had been three months, and for the sake of which his house was blessed, and which David heard of; and this encouraged him to take …
80 wordsSECTION 1851 Chronicles 15:4
1 Chronicles 15:4 Ver. 4-10. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites. Whose business it was to bear the ark when there was any occasion for it: and from hence to the end of 1Ch 15:10 an account is given of the Levites, and their number employed in this affair: of the sons of Kohath; a son of Levi, …
257 wordsSECTION 1861 Chronicles 15:11
1 Chronicles 15:11 Ver. 11. And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests,.... See 2Sa 8:17 and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab; the six chiefs before mentioned.…
38 wordsSECTION 1871 Chronicles 15:12
1 Chronicles 15:12 Ver. 12. And he said unto them, ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites,.... Of the families of the Levites, heads of their fathers' houses: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren; respectively under each, whose numbers are before given, by washing their bodies and clothes, and absta…
83 wordsSECTION 1881 Chronicles 15:13
1 Chronicles 15:13 Ver. 13. For because ye did it not at the first,.... Did not sanctify themselves, as the supplement in our version directs; but rather the sense is, ye were not there at first, when the ark was brought from Kirjathjearim as far as the house of Obededom, as they should have been; they were not then e…
182 wordsSECTION 1891 Chronicles 15:14
1 Chronicles 15:14 Ver. 14. So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves,.... As they were ordered, and in the manner they should: to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel; for though it was chiefly the work of the Levites, yet the priests might do it, and sometimes did, see Jos 3:13.…
58 wordsSECTION 1901 Chronicles 15:15
1 Chronicles 15:15 Ver. 15. And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders, with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, according to the word of the Lord. Not only bare it on their shoulders, but with the staves in it, which rested on their shoulders, see Nu 7:9, the reason of this command, …
106 wordsSECTION 1911 Chronicles 15:16
1 Chronicles 15:16 Ver. 16. And David spake to the chief of the Levites,.... The six before mentioned, 1Ch 15:11 to appoint their brethren to be the singers; before the ark, as they brought it up: with instruments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals; which were used in those times, see 2Sa 6:5 sounding by …
95 wordsSECTION 1921 Chronicles 15:17
1 Chronicles 15:17 Ver. 17. So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel,.... The grandson of Samuel the prophet, 1Ch 6:33 and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; a famous singer, often mentioned in the Psalms, 1Ch 6:39 and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; the same with the…
74 wordsSECTION 1931 Chronicles 15:18
1 Chronicles 15:18 Ver. 18. And with them their brethren of the second degree,.... Who were next unto them, both in office and skill in singing: the fourteen following, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, an…
95 wordsSECTION 1941 Chronicles 15:19
1 Chronicles 15:19 Ver. 19. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan,.... The three principal of them: these were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; for as there were three sorts of musical instruments, 1Ch 15:16 these three chief singers had one of those instruments appropriated to them, one of which were the …
67 wordsSECTION 1951 Chronicles 15:20
1 Chronicles 15:20 Ver. 20. And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah,.... Who were eight of the second degree; Aziel is the same with Jaaziel, 1Ch 15:18 and Ben is left out, in whose room Azaziah, in the next verse, seems to be put; Ben is thought to be sick…
168 wordsSECTION 1961 Chronicles 15:21
1 Chronicles 15:21 Ver. 21. And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah,.... These six were appointed to sound: with harps on the Sheminith to excel; which Sheminith some take to be an harp with eight strings, or the beginning of a song, or a musical tone, the bass; see the title…
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1 Chronicles 15:22 Ver. 22. And Chenaniah chief of the Levites was for song,.... But the chief for the song were Heman, Asaph, and Ethan; rather for the burden, as the Targum; for the lifting up and bearing the ark: he instructed about the song; or about the taking up and bearing the burden, the ark; directing when …
93 wordsSECTION 1981 Chronicles 15:23
1 Chronicles 15:23 Ver. 23. And Berechiah, and Elkanah, were doorkeepers for the ark,.... Either while it was at Kirjathjearim, and at Obededom's house; or rather after it was put in the tabernacle David had prepared for it; though it may be best of all to understand it, that those, as it was carrying, went before it,…
70 wordsSECTION 1991 Chronicles 15:24
1 Chronicles 15:24 Ver. 24. And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God,.... With the silver trumpets; one use of which was to blow with when the camps and ark of the Lord moved, Nu 10:5. and Obededom…
83 wordsSECTION 2001 Chronicles 15:25
1 Chronicles 15:25 Ver. 25. So David and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,.... He and the principal men of the nation, and the officers of the army or militia: went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy; with all demonstrations of it; for which purp…
72 wordsSECTION 2011 Chronicles 15:26
1 Chronicles 15:26 Ver. 26. And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord,.... Not merely granted them bodily strength to carry it, which did not require a great deal; but helped them to carry it with cheerfulness, and without fear, and so as to commit no error, nor in …
102 wordsSECTION 2021 Chronicles 15:27
1 Chronicles 15:27 Ver. 27. And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen,.... For though a king, he, being among the singers, was clothed as they; for so it follows: and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song; or of those that bore the burden, the ark, as the Targu…
247 wordsSECTION 2031 Chronicles 16:1
1 Chronicles 16:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 16 This chapter relates that David offered sacrifices when the ark was brought into his city, 1Ch 16:1 who were the singers he appointed to sing before it continually, 1Ch 16:4 and the song he that day composed and delivered to them to sing, 1Ch 16:7 and that he appointe…
126 wordsSECTION 2041 Chronicles 16:4
1 Chronicles 16:4 Ver. 4. And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord,.... By singing the praises of God: and to record; or bring to remembrance; to commemorate in a song the great and good things God had done for Israel as a people: and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel; …
75 wordsSECTION 2051 Chronicles 16:5
1 Chronicles 16:5 Ver. 5. Asaph the chief,.... Of those that were now appointed: otherwise, of the three principal singers, Heman was the chief, and Asaph next, 1Ch 6:33 and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, with psalteries, and wit…
102 wordsSECTION 2061 Chronicles 16:6
1 Chronicles 16:6 Ver. 6. Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests,.... These were appointed to blow with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; morning and evening.…
32 wordsSECTION 2071 Chronicles 16:7
1 Chronicles 16:7 Ver. 7-34. Then on that day,.... The ark was brought to Zion, and the above persons appointed to minister before it: David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren to be sung by them now, and on every proper occasion; and this seems to be the first that wa…
253 wordsSECTION 2081 Chronicles 16:33
1 Chronicles 16:33 Ver. 33. See Gill on "Ps 95:11" See Gill on "Ps 95:12" See Gill on "Ps 95:13"…
24 wordsSECTION 2091 Chronicles 16:35
1 Chronicles 16:35 Ver. 35,36. And say ye, save us, O God of our salvation,.... The author of temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; the words are a direction to the singers, and those that sung with them, to express the prayer and doxology in the next verse, which both are the same with Ps 106:47. See Gill on "P…
116 wordsSECTION 2101 Chronicles 16:37
1 Chronicles 16:37 Ver. 37. So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren,.... Whom he, that is, David, had appointed for the service of it: to minister before the ark continually; in singing the praises of God: as every day's work required; at the time of the morning and eveni…
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1 Chronicles 16:38 Ver. 38 And Obededom, with their brethren, threescore and eight,.... The Levites, the brethren of Asaph and Obededom, these were left before the ark to minister there: Obededom also the son of Jeduthun; or Ethan, which some take to be another Obededom; but the w, "vau" may be explanative, "even Obe…
69 wordsSECTION 2121 Chronicles 16:39
1 Chronicles 16:39 Ver. 39. And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests,.... These he left, having appointed them to be before the tabernacle of the Lord, in the high place that was at Gibeon; namely, the tabernacle of Moses, which was removed from Nob thither in the days of Saul, and continued there to the ti…
64 wordsSECTION 2131 Chronicles 16:40
1 Chronicles 16:40 Ver. 40. To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord,.... Which was the work of the priests only to do: upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening; the lambs of the daily sacrifice, which were a burnt offering, and only to be offered on the brasen altar at the tabernacle: and to d…
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1 Chronicles 16:41 Ver. 41. And with them,.... That is, with Zadok, and the priests with him at Gibeon: he left Heman and Jeduthun: or Ethan, two principal singers:and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name; see1Ch 16:18to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever; to praise him for h…
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1 Chronicles 17:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 17 This chapter contains an account of David's intention to build an house for God, which, he signified to Nathan the prophet, who first encouraged him to it; but afterwards was sent by the Lord to him with an order to desist from it, assuring him, at the same time, that…
520 wordsSECTION 2161 Chronicles 17:27
1 Chronicles 17:27 Ver. 27. See Gill "1Ch 17:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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1 Chronicles 18:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 18 The eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2Sa 8:1 with very little variations, which are observed in the notes on them, to which the reader is referred.…
39 wordsSECTION 2181 Chronicles 18:17
1 Chronicles 18:17 Ver. 17. See Gill "1Ch 18:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
18 wordsSECTION 2191 Chronicles 19:1
1 Chronicles 19:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 19 The eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2Sa 8:1 with very little variations, which are observed in the notes on them, to which the reader is referred.…
39 wordsSECTION 2201 Chronicles 19:19
1 Chronicles 19:19 Ver. 19. See Gill "1Ch 19:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
18 wordsSECTION 2211 Chronicles 20:1
1 Chronicles 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 20 Agrees with various passages in the second book of Samuel; 1Ch 20:1 with 2Sa 11:1 and 1Ch 20:2 with 2Sa 12:30 and the rest, to the end of it, with 2Sa 21:15. What differences there are, are observed in the notes on those passages, which see. Also see 1Ch 21:1.…
65 wordsSECTION 2221 Chronicles 20:8
1 Chronicles 20:8 Ver. 8. See Gill "1Ch 20:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
18 wordsSECTION 2231 Chronicles 21:1
1 Chronicles 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 21 Excepting the three last verses, is contained in 2Sa 24:1 with some few variations, which are there observed; see the notes there.…
32 wordsSECTION 2241 Chronicles 21:28
1 Chronicles 21:28 Ver. 28. At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing floor Of Ornan the Jebusite,.... The same with Araunah, 2Sa 24:16, with some small variation of the letters, and are of the same signification; both signifying the "ornus", as Hillerus {m} observes, the pine tree or…
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1 Chronicles 21:29 Ver. 29. For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made,.... Or ordered to be made by the command of God, and according to his direction: and the altar of burnt offerings, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon; which was four or five miles from Jerusalem, and too far for David to go in …
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1 Chronicles 21:30 Ver. 30. But David could not go before it to inquire of God,.... Which yet was the proper place to seek the Lord in: the reason follows, for he was afraid, because of the sword of the angel of the Lord; which had so terrified him, that he was so weak that he could not go; and he feared that, should…
162 wordsSECTION 2271 Chronicles 22:1
1 Chronicles 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 22 In this chapter we read of the place David pitched upon by divine direction for building the temple on, 1Ch 22:1, the preparation he made of artificers to build it, and of matter to build it of, as iron, brass, and wood, 1Ch 22:2, the charge and instructions he gave t…
319 wordsSECTION 2281 Chronicles 22:2
1 Chronicles 22:2 Ver. 2. And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel,.... The proselytes, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; that is, proselytes of the gate, who submitted to the seven precepts of Noah, were admitted to dwell in the Cities of Israel, see Ge 9:4 and …
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1 Chronicles 22:3 Ver. 3. And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings,.... 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: and brass in abundance wi…
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1 Chronicles 22:4 Ver. 4. Also cedar trees in abundance,.... To be sawed into boards and planks for the cieling, wainscotting, and flooring of the temple, and other things: for the Zidonians, and they of Tyre, brought much cedar wood to David; from Mount Lebanon, which was chiefly in their possession; and which they …
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1 Chronicles 22:5 Ver. 5. And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender,.... Jarchi supposes he was about twelve years of age, though he observes that the same word is used of Joshua when forty two years of age; it is probable Solomon might be now about twenty: and the house that is to be builded for the Lord mu…
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1 Chronicles 22:6 Ver. 6. Then he called for Solomon his son,.... To be brought before him: and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel; which charge was given a little before his death, after he had made great preparations for this work, as appears from 1Ch 22:5.…
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1 Chronicles 22:7 Ver. 7. And David said to Solomon,.... When brought into his presence: my son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God; he was disposed and inclined to it, and was once determined upon it, see 2Sa 7:2.…
55 wordsSECTION 2341 Chronicles 22:8
1 Chronicles 22:8 Ver. 8. But the word of the Lord came to me,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, by the mouth of Nathan the prophet: saying; as follows, which though not expressed in the book of Samuel before referred to, is here recorded by divine inspiration: thou hast shed blood abundantly; Kimchi thinks t…
211 wordsSECTION 2351 Chronicles 22:9
1 Chronicles 22:9 Ver. 9. Behold, a son shall be born to thee,.... For this was said to David before the birth of Solomon, see 2Sa 7:12 who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: and so should be at leisure for such a work, and his people enjoy great prosperity and riches, …
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1 Chronicles 22:10 Ver. 10. He shall build an house for my name,.... For the worship of God, and for his honour and glory: and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; see 2Sa 7:13 and which is applied to Christ, Heb 1:5 and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever; that is, for a long tim…
104 wordsSECTION 2371 Chronicles 22:11
1 Chronicles 22:11 Ver. 11. Now, my son, the Lord be with thee, &c. Or "shall be with thee" {r}, as some; and if it be as a prayer, it was no doubt a prayer of faith; the Targum is, "may the Word of the Lord be thine help:'' and prosper thee; may success attend thee: and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he h…
101 wordsSECTION 2381 Chronicles 22:12
1 Chronicles 22:12 Ver. 12. Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding,.... To manage and conduct an affair of such importance, as well as to govern the people, as follows: and give thee charge concerning Israel; or, when he gives, commits the charge of them to thee, sets thee king over them: that thou mayest …
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1 Chronicles 22:13 Ver. 13. Then shall thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes,.... See 1Ki 2:2 where the same things are said as here: which shows that this was spoken by David a little before his death.…
43 wordsSECTION 2401 Chronicles 22:14
1 Chronicles 22:14 Ver. 14. Now, behold, in my trouble,.... Or affliction, which had attended him, through the greater part of his reign, partly through wars abroad, and partly through rebellions and insurrections at home: or, in my poverty {a}; living in a frugal way, as if he had been a poor man, in order to lay up…
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