1 Crónicas 28:2

2 David se puso de pie y dijo: «¡Hermanos míos y pueblo mío! Era mi deseo construir un templo donde el arca del pacto del Señor
, el estrado de los pies de Dios, pudiera descansar para siempre. Hice los preparativos necesarios para construirlo,

1 Crónicas 28:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 28:2

Then David the king stood up upon his feet
Rose from the bed or couch on which he lay, as Kimchi thinks, being somewhat recovered of his paralytic disorder, and being willing to exert himself on this occasion; or he rose up from the seat or throne, on which he before sat, in honour to this august assembly before him, and that he might be the more easily heard; for which reason we are told ^F18 it was a custom with the ancients even for kings to stand up when they had a number of people about them they spoke to; and if anyone sat it was reckoned a new and strange thing; so Agamemnon, when wounded, did not speak sitting, until he had made an excuse for it:

and said, hear me, my brethren, and my people;
having something of moment and importance to say unto them, and which required their diligent attention; and though they were his subjects, he calls them his brethren, being of the same nation and religion, and to show his modesty and humility; in which he was a type of Christ, the King of kings, see ( Hebrews 2:11 )

as for me, I had it in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark
of the covenant of the Lord;
where it might abide, and not be removed from place to place; the same he had told Solomon, ( 1 Chronicles 22:7 )

and for the footstool of our God;
or "even for it", for the ark is meant, which is so called, ( Psalms 99:5 ) ( Psalms 132:7 Psalms 132:8 ) for as the Lord sat between the cherubim over the mercy seat, the lid of the ark, it was, speaking after the manner of men, a footstool to him:

and had made ready for the building;
prepared materials for it; see ( 1 Chronicles 22:4 1 Chronicles 22:14-16 ) ( 29:2-5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Eustathius in Homer. Iliald. 1. p. 46. Vid, Iliad. 19. ver. 77, 79.

1 Crónicas 28:2 In-Context

1 Instrucciones de David a Salomón
David convocó a todas las autoridades de Israel a Jerusalén: los jefes de las tribus, los comandantes de las divisiones del ejército, los otros generales y capitanes,
los que administraban las propiedades y los animales del rey, los funcionarios del palacio, los hombres valientes y todos los demás guerreros valientes del reino.

2 David se puso de pie y dijo: «¡Hermanos míos y pueblo mío! Era mi deseo construir un templo donde el arca del pacto del Señor
, el estrado de los pies de Dios, pudiera descansar para siempre. Hice los preparativos necesarios para construirlo,

3 pero Dios me dijo: “Tú no debes edificar un templo para honrar mi nombre, porque eres hombre de guerra y has derramado mucha sangre”.

4 »Sin embargo, el Señor
, Dios de Israel, me eligió a mí de entre toda la familia de mi padre para ser rey sobre Israel para siempre. Pues él ha elegido a la tribu de Judá para gobernar y, de entre las familias de Judá, eligió a la familia de mi padre. De entre los hijos de mi padre al Señor
le agradó hacerme a mí rey sobre todo Israel.

5 De entre mis hijos —porque el Señor
me ha dado muchos— eligió a Salomón para sucederme en el trono de Israel y para gobernar el reino del Señor
.