Verse 1 Chronicles 17:5. But have gone from tent to tent — "I have transferred my tabernacle from Gilgal to Nob, from Nob to Shiloh, and from Shiloh to Gibeon."-Targum and Jarchi.
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:9. Neither shall the children of wickedness — They shall no more be brought into servitude as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to.
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:12. I will establish his throne for ever. — David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isaiah 9:7, where there is evidently the same reference.
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:13. I will not take my mercy away from him — I will not cut off his family from the throne, as I did that of his predecessor Saul.
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:16. And what is mine house, that thou hast brought mehitherto? — I am not of any regal family, and have no natural right to the throne.
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:25. Hath found in his heart to pray — The Targum expresses a full sense: "Therefore thy servant hath found an opening of mouth, that he might pray before Thee."
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:27. For thou blessest, O Lord — "Thou beginnest to bless the house of thy servant, therefore it shall be blessed for ever." - T.
THE reader is requested to refer to 2 Samuel 7:0, and the notes there for many particulars that belong to the parallel places here, and which it should answer no good purpose to repeat in this place.
Bibliographical Information Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on 1 Chronicles 17". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/acc/1-chronicles-17.html. 1832.
Verse 1
CHAPTER XVII
David consults Nathan about building a temple for God, 1, 2.
God sends him an answer by Nathan, informing him that Solomon
shall build the house, 3-14.
David receives the Divine purpose with humility and joy, and
gives God praise, 15-27.
NOTES ON CHAP. XVII
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:1. Now it came to pass — See every thing recorded in this chapter amply detailed in Clarke's notes on "2 Samuel 7:1", &c.
Verse 5
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:5. But have gone from tent to tent — "I have transferred my tabernacle from Gilgal to Nob, from Nob to Shiloh, and from Shiloh to Gibeon."-Targum and Jarchi.
Verse 9
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:9. Neither shall the children of wickedness — They shall no more be brought into servitude as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to.
Verse 12
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:12. I will establish his throne for ever. — David was a type of Christ; and concerning him the prophecy is literally true. See Isaiah 9:7, where there is evidently the same reference.
Verse 13
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:13. I will not take my mercy away from him — I will not cut off his family from the throne, as I did that of his predecessor Saul.
Verse 16
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:16. And what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? — I am not of any regal family, and have no natural right to the throne.
Verse 25
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:25. Hath found in his heart to pray — The Targum expresses a full sense: "Therefore thy servant hath found an opening of mouth, that he might pray before Thee."
Verse 27
Verse 1 Chronicles 17:27. For thou blessest, O Lord — "Thou beginnest to bless the house of thy servant, therefore it shall be blessed for ever." - T.
THE reader is requested to refer to 2 Samuel 7:0, and the notes there for many particulars that belong to the parallel places here, and which it should answer no good purpose to repeat in this place.