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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 29:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 29:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Moreover, because I have set my affection [07521] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], I have [03426] of mine own proper good [05459], of gold [02091] and silver [03701], which I have given [05414] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], over and above [04605] all that I have prepared [03559] for the holy [06944] house [01004], |
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King James |
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Moreover . . . I have of mine own proper good, &c.--In addition to the immense amount of gold and silver treasure which David had already bequeathed for various uses in the service of the temple, he now made an additional contribution destined to a specific purpose--that of overlaying the walls of the house. This voluntary gift was from the private fortune of the royal donor, and had been selected with the greatest care. The gold was "the gold of Ophir," then esteemed the purest and finest in the world (Job 22:24; Job 28:16; Isa 13:12). The amount was three thousand talents of gold and seven thousand talents of refined silver. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Of mine own proper good - i. e., from his own private estate. He makes the offering publicly in order to provoke others by his example Ch1 29:5. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| "And moreover, because I have pleasure in the house of my God, there is to me a treasure of gold and silver; it have I appointed for the house of my God over and above all that..." הכינותי with כּל without the relative, cf. Ch1 15:12. |
12 I will make a man [0582] more precious [03365] than fine gold [06337]; even a man [0120] than the golden wedge [03800] of Ophir [0211].
16 It cannot be valued [05541] with the gold [03800] of Ophir [0211], with the precious [03368] onyx [07718], or the sapphire [05601].
24 Then shalt thou lay up [07896] gold [01220] as [05921] dust [06083], and the gold of Ophir [0211] as the stones [06697] of the brooks [05158].
5 The gold [02091] for things of gold [02091], and the silver [03701] for things of silver [03701], and for all manner of work [04399] to be made by the hands [03027] of artificers [02796]. And who then is willing [05068] to consecrate [04390] his service [03027] this day [03117] unto the LORD [03068]?
12 And said [0559] unto them, Ye are the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of the Levites [03881]: sanctify [06942] yourselves, both ye and your brethren [0251], that ye may bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto the place that I have prepared [03559] for it.