1 Chronicles 28:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

stood up upon his feet. Note David's three attitudes: lying on the earth as. penitent (2 Samuel 12:16. Compare Psalms 51); sitting before Jehovah as. worshipper (2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 17:16); and standing on his feet as. servant (28, 2).

the ark. See note on 1 Chronicles 13:3 and Exodus 25:22.

and. even.

the footstool of our God. the Ark. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

1 Chronicles 28:2

2 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: