He said to me, ‘It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
A great deal of service David had done in his day, had served his generation according to the will of God, Act 13:36. But now the time draws night that he must die, and, as a type of the Son of David, the nearer he comes to his end the more busy he is, and does his work with all his might.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 28:1-10
And he said unto me, Solomon that son, he shall build my house,.... See Sa2 7:13. and my courts; in the house or temple: for I have chosen him to be my son; predestinated him to the adoption of children, Eph 1:5. and I will be his father; see Sa2 7:14.
1Ch 28:3-7 The address, “My brethren and my people,” is expressive of condescending goodwill; cf. on אחי, 1Sa 30:23; 2Sa 19:13. What David here says (1Ch 28:3-7) of the temple building, he had in substance already (1Ch 22:7-13) said to his son Solomon: I, it was with my heart, i.e., I purposed (cf.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 28:3-7