---
title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  1 Chronicles 22"
description: "CHAPTER 22   :-. DAVID PREPARES
FOR BUILDING THE
TEMPLE. 1. David said, This is the home of
the Lord God—By the miraculous sign of fire from heaven, and
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CHAPTER 22

. DAVID PREPARES
FOR BUILDING THE
TEMPLE.

**1. David said, This is the home of
the Lord God**—By the miraculous sign of fire from heaven, and
perhaps other intimations, David understood it to be the will of God
that the national place of worship should be fixed there, and he
forthwith proceeded to make preparations for the erection of the
temple on that spot.

**2. David commanded to gather
together the strangers**—partly the descendants of the old
Canaanites ([2 Chronicles 8:7-10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/8/7-10)),
from whom was exacted a tribute of bond service, and partly war
captives ([2 Chronicles 2:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/2/7)), reserved for
the great work he contemplated.
[2 Chronicles 2:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/2/7). HE INSTRUCTS
SOLOMON.

**6. Then he called for Solomon . . .
and charged him**—The earnestness and solemnity of this address
creates an impression that it was given a little before the old
king's decease. He unfolded his great and long cherished plan,
enjoined the building of God's house as a sacred duty on him as his
son and successor, and described the resources that were at command
for carrying on the work. The vast amount of personal property he had
accumulated in the precious metals [] must have been spoil taken from the people he had
conquered, and the cities he had sacked.

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