5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-5)Here is, I. The place fixed for the building of the temple (1 Chron. 22:1): Then David said , by inspiration of God, and as a declaration of his mind, This is the house of the Lord God . If a temple must be built for God, it is fit that it be left to him to choose the ground, for all the earth is his; and this is the ground he makes choice of-ground that pertained to a Jebusite, and perhaps there ...
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