1 Chronicles 22:2

The strangers - i. e., the aliens the non-Israelite population of the land. Compare 2 Chronicles 2:17.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David commanded to gather together the (b) strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the hous...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 22:2 to 1 Chronicles 29:30 . The whole of this section is the work of the Chronicler, though it is probable that he utilised some e...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Preparations for the building of the Temple This chapter is supplementary to the narrative in the earlier books, its contents coming chron...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The strangers ] i.e. the non-Israelite population, who were employed in forced labour upon his building projects: 2 Chronicles 2:17 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And David commanded to gather together the strangers. — The word rendered “to gather together” ( kânas ) is different from the terms used in 1 Chr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-5) David gathers craftsmen, and accumulates materials for building the house of God.
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the place where the mercy of God operated in staying the plague resulting from his sin, David chose to build the house of his God. The threshing f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These verses represent David in a very engaging light. Though the honor of building this temple was not to be his, yet he will do his utmost towards...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ,.... The proselytes, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To gather the strangers that were in the land of Israel The same persons whom Solomon afterward employed in the same work; of which see 1 Kings 5:...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preparations for the Temple. B. C. 1017. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The strangers that were in the land of Israel; the same persons whom Solomon afterwards employed in the same work; of which see 1 Kings 5:15 , c...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] The remaining Chapter s of this book are peculiar to the chronist. They narrate the arrangements of David for the building of the te...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. Now he knew where...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Chronicles 22:1 . Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. From that moment,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 22:14 . In my trouble, that is, in my state of weakness and wars, I have prepared a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand...
The Biblical Illustrator

And David commanded to gather together the strangers. What we cannot destroy may be usefully employed Whom we are not able to destroy we may be...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION From the commencement of this chapter to the close of the First Book of the Chronicles we again travel alone, and, with the exception...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Material and Money Gathered by David
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel, partly descendants of the former Canaanite nations, partly war...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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² And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 22:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:2