e For Moſes his Tabernacle was ſtill at Gibeon, 1 Chron: 16. 39. and 21+ 29+ and 2 Chron: 1: 3. which David left there, becauſe hc deſigned to build a Temple at Jeruſalem with all ſpecd, though hc was countermanded therein by God himſelf.
18 And afloon as David had made an end of offering *:Chron. burnt-offerings, and peace offerings, * he bleſſed the x6. 22 peoplefin the name of the LORD of hoſts.
Fi. e. He heartily and ſolemnly prayed to God for his Bleſſing upon them : which he did both as Prophet, and as their King, to whom by office ir belongs, by all means, to ſeek his Peoples welfare.
19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Iſrael, as well to the women as men, to. every one a Cake of bread, and a good piece
of fleſh, and a tlagon of wine : ſo all the people departed every one to his houſe. 20 © Then David returned to blefs his houſehold ; and Michal the Daughter of Saul came out to meet Da- vid, and ſaid, How glorious was the king of Ifrael to day, who uncovered himſelf g to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his ſervants þ, as one of the vain fellows ;|| ſhamefully uncovereth himſelf : g Either, Firſt, By ſtripping himſelf of his Royal Robes,that he might put on a Levitical Ephod : or, by diicovering ſome part of his Thighs or Legs, as might poſlibly happen whillt he danced with all his might, as 1s ſaid above, ver. ig. coniidering that the men did then wear looſe Garments. Or, ſhe ſpeaks thus, not that he did fo, but only by way of aggravation of his fault, and to vilifie him the more, as is uſual with Perſons in ſuch caſes. þ. Who either bare a part in the Solemnity, as Women ſcmctimes did, Exod. 15.20
or, at leaſt were ſpe&ators of it, and ot David's Carriage in it. ; As idle and light Perſons uſe to do.
21 And David {aid unco Michal, 1: was before the LORD &, which choſe me before thy father, and be-
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fore all his houſe /, to appoint me ruler over the peo- ple of the LORD, over l1frael : therfore will I play be-
& In his Preſence and ſervice, which though contemptible to
r thee, is, and ever ſha!l be honourable in mine eyes. 1 Which took ; away the honour from him and his, and transferred it upon me, whereby he hath obliged me to Love and Serve him with all my
child p until the day of her death 9. 0 Not becauſe of David's words to her, which have rothing in them to this purpoſe ; but becauſe of her proud, and petulanr,and ungodly ſpeech and carriage to David, which God juſtly puniſhed with fcerility. p To wit, by David, and after this time, which theſe words evidently reſpe&. Which was true,although thoſe five Children aſcribed to Michal, 2 Sam. 21; 8. were hers by Birth, and not by Adoption only. 9 2. e. Never : for if ſhe ever had any, it muſt be before her death. Compare 1 Sam; 15435: Matth: 1: 25. CHAT V David leing at veſt, deſires to build God an Houſe : Which Nathan at firſt approves of : Afterwards in obedience to the Word of God forbiddeth him, 1, - 11.4 He promiſeth him benefits and Bleſſings in his Seed, Solomon and the Meſſiah who ſhould build the houſe of God, 12=—=17, David's Prayer and thankſgiving, 18,-=-29,
N D it came to paſs, * when the king ſat in his A houſe a, and the LORD head given him reſt
round about from all his enemies 6: a i. e. Was ſetled and Warm in the Houſe which Hiram's Men built for him, chap: 5; 11. then he refle&ed upon the unhandfome and unſertled ſtate of the Ark. 6 Philiſtines, Moabites, and others, ſo that they durſt nor invade his Land, as they had formerly done. For though you read of David's Wars with them, chap: 8. yet in them David was the Aggreflor, and entered their Lands. 2 That the king ſaid unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an houſe of Cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains c. c 7, e. In a Tent or Tabernacle, v: 6 Compoſed of ſeveral Cur. tains, Exod. 26; 1,&C. ; 3 And Nathan faid to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart 4: for the LORD #s with thee. 4 Purſue thy Intentions, and build an Houſe for the Ark. The deſign being Yious, and the thing not forbidden by God, Nathan haſtily approves it, before he had either ſeriouſly conſidered it in his own mired, or conſulted God about it, as both he and David certainly ought to have done 1n a matter of ſo great moment. And therefore Nathan meets with this rebuke, that he is forced to ac- knowledge his error, and recant it. For the Holy Prophets did not ſpeak all things by Propherical Inſpiration, bur ſome things by an humane $pirit,and Prudent conjefture; and therefore they were ignorant and miſtaken in ſome matters, as 1 Sam; 16. 6. 2 Kings 4- 27.
4 4 Andit came to paſs that night e, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan f, ſaying, e Becauſe David's miſtake was Pious, and from an honeſt Mind, God would not ſuffer him to ly long in his miſtake,nor to diſquiet his Mind, or run himlelf into inconveniences, in order to the Work, before he gave a ſtop toit. f That the ſame Perſon who had confirmed David in his miſtake, might now reCifie ir.
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7 In all che places wherein I have walked with all the children of Iirael, ſpake 1 a word 5 with || any of the tribes & of Uirael, whom I commanded to feed my peo- ple Iſrael, ſaying, Why buiid ye not me an houle of cedar *