A.C. 1015. ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

x Matt. vi. 13. 1 Tim. i. 17. Rev. v. 13.

8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should Heb.retain, be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and † of thine own have we given thee.

or, obtain strength. + Heb. of thine hand. y Ps. xxxix. 12. Heb. xi.

15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a sha13. 1 Pet. ii. 11. dow, and there is none abiding.

z Ps. xc. 9.

+ Heb. expectation.

al Sam. xvi.

7. Ch. xxviii.

9.

16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and Or, found. now have I seen with joy thy people, which are § present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts Or, stablish. of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

PSALM LXXII 70,

1 David, praying for Solomon sheweth the goodness and glory of his, in type, and in truth, of Christ's kingdom. 18 He blesseth God.

A Psalm for Solomon.

1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righ- A.C. 1015. teousness unto the king's son.

2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, thy righteousness.

4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the op

-pressor.

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as

showers that water the earth.

of

7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance peace † so long as the moon endureth.

* Or, of.

+ Heb. till there be no

8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from moon. the river unto the ends of the earth.

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

shall give.

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the bone gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

70 Psalm lxxii. This beautiful Psalm is generally supposed to have been written when Solomon was appointed king with his father. It is prophetic of the reign of the Messiah: it describes the peaceful glories of the Messiah's future reign; his righteousness; the universal worship to be paid to him; the perpetuity of his dominion, "whose name shall endure for ever;" in whom mankind shall be blessed, and whom all nations shall call blessed.~Dr. Hales; Travell.

A.C. 1015.

* Heb. shall

be.

+ Heb. shall

be as a son to continue his

17 His name *shall endure for ever: + his name shall be continued as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him all nations shall call him blessed.

18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who father's name only doeth wondrous things.

for ever.

b

19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

1 CHRONICLES XXIX. VER. 20-26.

20. ¶ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day 61 Kings i. with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

39.

23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

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25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

Charge to Solomon.

1 KINGS II. VER. 1-10.

1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law

d Deut. xxix. of Moses, that thou mayest § prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

9. Josh. i. 7.

Or, do

wisely.

4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with

e

all their soul, there shall not * fail thee (said he) a man on A.C. 1015. the throne of Israel.

e 2 Sam, vii. *Heb. be cut

from the

5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Ze- 12 ruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the from thee hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto throne. " Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and †shed the £2 Sam. iii. blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his 82 Sam. xx. girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on † Heb. put. his feet.

6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace 71.

h

27.

10.

31.

7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gi- h 2 Sam. xix. leadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy bro

ther.

5.

8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of 12 Sam. xvi. Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but ‡ Heb. strong. he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him

by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the k 2 Sam. xix.

sword.

9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Last Words of David.

2 SAMUEL XXIII. VER. 1-8.

1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

23.

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, § He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of Or, Be thou God.

4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

71 The charge of David to Solomon has been much misunderstood. He is not directed to put Joab and Shimei to death. These men had become the bitterest enemies to the throne of David and his son. Solomon, therefore, is desired to observe their conduct, and to punish any future treason with death. The expressions in verses 6 and 8, "do therefore according to thy wisdom," and "thou art a wise man," refer to discretionary power which Solomon possessed, and which he was commanded by his father to use rightly.

ruler, &c.

A. C. 1015.

Heb. filled.

words.

5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands. 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

26

Death of David.

1 CHRONICLES XXIX. VER. 26, TO THE END.

Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 Änd the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, beforhold, they are written in the ++ book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer.

1 Acts ii. 29. & xiii. 36.

m 2 Sam. v. 4.

1 Chron. xxix. 26, 27.

30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

1 KINGS II. VER. 10, 11. .

10 So' David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

END OF VOL. I.

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