1 Chronicles 17:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

Spake I a word to any of the judges. In 2 Samuel 7:7 it is "any of the tribes" of Israel. Both are included. But the judges, 'who were commanded to feed the people,' form the more suitable antithesis to David.

Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? - i:e., a solid and magnificent temple.

1 Chronicles 17:6

6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?