21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, A.C. 1051. which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thour, of the hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 1 CHRONICLES XIII. VER. 5, TO THE END. of my servants. 2 Sam. vi. 1. 5 So P David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto Sam. vii. 1. the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to a Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, 9 Josh. xv. 9. which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. the ark to 7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abina- Heh, made dab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. ride. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with ‡singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cym- ‡ Heb, songs. bals, and with trumpets. chon, 2 Sam. 9¶ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of § Chidon, Uzza put forth Called Nahis hand to hold the ark; for the oxen || stumbled. vi. 6. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, it. because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. r Num. iv. 15. * That is, The breach of 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark Uzza. of God home to me? moved. 13 So David + brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but +Heb. recarried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that s As Ch. xxvi. he had. SECTION V. David commanded not to build the Temple. 2 SAMUEL VII 52. 5. 1044. 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his Chron. enemies; 52 The parallel passage of 1 Chron. xvii. with this of 2 Sam. vii. is not inserted at the end of the section in the usual manner, that the reader may have the advantage of comparing one with the other, and of observing the very forcible language in which they are both worded, as well as the light which the different modes expressing the same idea throws upon this remarkable prediction of the Prophet Nathan. The sun of prophecy seems to be climbing higher in its ce xvii. 1, &c. A.C. 1044. *Heb. to my servant, to David 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. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. 4¶ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell* my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the chil lestial progress, when we read this passage. The first part announces the glory of Solomon. The second looks into futurity, to the final destination of the people of Israel, promising them a rest of such a nature as they have never yet enjoyed, though they have so long possessed the promised land. The third part predicts the future son of David, who is alluded to, and described in terms applicable only to a greater than Solomon: and the passage, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son," is expressly applied by St. Paul, to the Saviour who should come into the world. Upon hearing this prophecy, David, though commanded not to build the temple, proceeds to the sanctuary; and there acknowledges that he did not consider this prediction as referring to his immediate son, or to the building a temple made with hands. The two parallel passages, 2 Sam. vii. 19. and 1 Chron. xvii. 17. are thus interpreted by Bishop Horsley, 2 Sam. vii. 19. “And this (namely, what was said about his house in distant times) is the arrangement about the MAN, Oh Lord Jehovah." 1 Chron. xvii. 17. "And thou hast regarded me in the arrangement about THE MAN that is to be from above, O God Jehovah”—that is, in forming the scheme of the incarnation, regard was had to the honour of David, and his house, as a secondary object, by making it a part of the plan, that the Messiah should be born in his family. This circumstance, of David's entering into the sanctuary, and acknowledging that he understood the meaning of the figurative language of the Prophet, is a proof that other Israelites, who expected the future Messiah, comprehended the various predictions which announced, in still clearer terms, the nature, the person, the life, and the incarnation of the promised Saviour. It shews us too, that the prophecies were of various degrees of clearness; and when the appointed number of inspired predictions contained in the Old Testament was completed, so satisfactory, and so perfect was the description of our blessed Lord, and so conclusive was the evidence that he was the Messiah, that wilful blindness alone prevented the Jews from acknowledging him. They had determined to receive only a temporal Messiah, and the predictions of their prophets were every day in vain fulfilled before their eyes, by the spiritual and long-promised deliverer. Hales's Anal. vol. ii. p. 368; Horsley's Bib. Crit. vol. i. p. 351; authors quoted in D'Oyly and Mant's Bible; and the Commentators. dren of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Is- A. C. 1014. rael, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, "I took thee from the sheepcote, + from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: * 1 Chr. xvii. 6, any of the Judges. u1 Sam. xvi. xxviii. 70. 11, 12. Ps. + Heb. from after. thy face. 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have from made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime. 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. X 20. 12 ¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which x1 Kings viii. shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will sta- y 1 Kings v. blish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. a If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. I 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O LORD God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O LORD God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for 5. & vi. 12. a Ps. lxxxix. 30,31,32, 33. a great while to come. And is this the § manner of man, O ◊ Heb. law, LORD God? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, LORD God, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is A.C. 1044. none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. d 2 Sam. vii.] 1, &c. b 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast *revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O LORD God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : 29 Therefore now + let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. 1 CHRONICLES XVII. 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God an house, 3 after by the word of God forbiddeth him. 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed. 16 David's prayer and thanksgiving. 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remain eth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I Heb. have brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. been. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to A.C. 1044. feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou should-Heb.from est be ruler over my people Israel: 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning. 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. e after. 14. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son and I 2 Sam. vii. will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for ever more. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Ŏ LORD God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these + great things. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any + Heb. great. nesses. |