1 Chronicles 28:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

Stood up

Genesis 48:2

1 Kings 1:47

My brethren

I had in mine heart

1 Chronicles 17:1

2 Samuel 7:1

1 Kings 8:17

Rest

1 Chronicles 6:31

Psalm 132:3

The footstool

Acts 7:49

Had made ready

1 Chronicles 18:7

1 Chronicles 22:2

General references

Exodus 35:21

1 Kings 8:17

2 Chronicles 6:7

Bible References

Stood up

And when Jacob (Israel) was told, “Look now, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless (congratulate) our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better (more famous) than your name and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself [before God] upon the bed.

My brethren

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

you shall most certainly set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses. You shall set a king over you from among your countrymen (brothers); you may not choose a foreigner [to rule] over you who is not your countryman.

I will tell of Your name to my countrymen;
In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.

Both Jesus who sanctifies and those who are sanctified [that is, spiritually transformed, made holy, and set apart for God’s purpose] are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

I had in mine heart

As David sat in his house (palace), he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a house of cedars, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”

When King David lived in his house (palace) and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

Now it was [determined] in the heart of my father David to build a house (temple) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Rest

Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark [of the covenant] rested there.

“I absolutely will not enter my house,
Nor get into my bed—

The footstool

Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.

Let us go into His tabernacle;
Let us worship at His footstool.

This is what the Lord says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
With a cloud in His anger!
He has cast down from heaven to the earth
The glory and splendor of Israel
And has not remembered His footstool
In the day of His anger.

‘Heaven is My throne,
And the earth is the footstool for My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
‘Or what place is there for My rest?

Had made ready

David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he assigned stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

General references

Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s offering to be used for the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.

Now it was [determined] in the heart of my father David to build a house (temple) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.