1 Chronicles 29:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

congregation. Same word as in 1 Chronicles 28:8.

whom. the one whom.

hath chosen. Compare 1 Chronicles 22:9; 2 Samuel 12:25.

young and tender. Compare 1 Chronicles 22:5.

the palace. Hebrew. birah. Used only here and 1 Chronicles 29:19; Esther 1:2; Esther 1:5; Esther 2:3; Esther 2:5; Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15; Esther 8:14; Esther 9:6; Esther 9:11; Esther 9:12.Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 7:2.Daniel 8:2. The name for. Persian royal palace, which shows the date of these hooks. (See note on "drams", 1 Chronicles 29:7), and why it is found among the Kethubim, or later books (and not with the historical books); and why Daniel is there too (and not among the prophets).

1 Chronicles 29:1

1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.