1 Chronicles 28

1 Chronicles 28:1

H. David’s Last Days (Chaps. 28, 29)28:1-8 David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders of the various divisions and the officers of the tribes and captains. Once again he explained his desire to build a house for the LORD and the reasons why he had not been permitted to do so. But he had been chosen and established as king in Israel, and his son Solomon had been chosen to succeed him. Since David’s throne had been firmly established by God, the people were to obey the Lord through Solomon as they had through David. 28:9, 10 Next David addressed his son. Verse 9 contains a command, a promise, and a warning. The command: “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind.” The promise: “If you seek Him, He will be found by you.” The warning: “But if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.” Since the LORD had appointed Solomon to build the temple, he should take courage and do it. 28:11-19 But, like Moses before him, Solomon must build according to the pattern given by the Spirit, perhaps in a vision. There was no room for human imagination or ingenuity, because the temple is a type of Christ. David gave . . . Solomon the plans he had drawn up under the inspiration of the Spirit. He had even weighed the raw materials to be used for each piece of furniture. (More complete details are given in 2 Chron. 24.) The chariot, that is, the gold cherubim (v. 18), according to Unger, probably means “the cherubim as the chariot upon which God enters or is throned.” 28:20, 21 Solomon now had the plans; the materials were collected; the temple servants, the Levites, had all been assigned their duties. God was with him and would not fail him; therefore his father urged him again, “Be strong . . . and do it.”