Chronicles I 22:1

1 And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this the altar for whole-burnt-offering for Israel.

Chronicles I 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said
Within himself, or to some principal persons about him:

this is the house of the Lord God;
the place where the temple was to be built, hinted at in ( Deuteronomy 12:5 ) and elsewhere; the meaning is, here, or in "this" place, shall be the house of God, so Noldius ^F15, for as yet there were none; but it was now made known to David that here it should be built, and so the words in ( 2 Chronicles 3:1 ) should be rendered,

then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, which
was shown to David his father, which he prepared in the place of David,
that which he bought in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite: and
this is the altar for the burnt offering for Israel;
not which he had built here; but this is the place where one should be built for the people of Israel to bring their offerings to, and to be here offered for them by the priests: this he said by a divine impulse upon his mind, or which he concluded from the acceptance of his sacrifice here, signified by fire that came down from heaven and consumed it; and this being in the threshingfloor of the Jebusites, might prefigure the church of God to be built up among the Gentiles.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 352. No. 1257.

Chronicles I 22:1 In-Context

1 And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this the altar for whole-burnt-offering for Israel.

2 And David gave orders to gather all the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed stone-hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God.

3 And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gate; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing .

4 And cedar threes without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

5 And David said, My son Solomon a tender child, and the house to build to the Lord for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.