Then David the king stood up upon his feet. — To address the assembly, the king naturally rose from his throne.
Hear me. — Calling attention, as in Genesis 23:11-15.
My brethren, and my people. — Comp. 1 Samuel 30:23; 2 Samuel 19:12. The words do not so much imply condescension as an acknowledgment of what every one of David’s hearers felt to be true — viz., that all Israel were kin, and David the head of the family.
As for me, I had in mine heart to build. — See 1 Chronicles 22:7-8 and the Notes there. 1 Chronicles 28:2-7 of this chapter are in substance, and partly in expression, identical with 1 Chronicles 22:7-10 (David’s private charge to Solomon).
An house of rest — i.e., a permanent abode instead of a sacred tent, which gave the idea of wandering from place to place, like the nomads of the desert. (Comp. Psalms 132:8.)
The footstool of our God. — The so-called mercy-seat, the golden kappôreth suspended over the Ark, on which were the cherubim — the throne of Deity (Psalms 99:1).
And had made ready. — Rather, and I made ready, by amassing stores of material (1 Chronicles 22:2-4; 1 Chronicles 22:14-16).