John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. Even to prepare me timber in abundance , etc.] Since he would want a large quantity for raftering, cieling, wainscoting, and flooring the temple: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great ; as to its structure and ornaments.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Ful instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enoug to render the man of God thoroughly furnished for every good work. Le us search the Scriptures daily, beseeching the Lord to enable us to understand, believe, and obey his word, that our work and our way ma be made plain, and that all may be begun, continued, and ended in him Beholding God, in Christ, his true Temple, more glorious than that of Solomon's, may we become a spiritual house, a habitation of God throug the Spirit _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ולהכין3559 לי עצים6086 לרב7230 כי3588 הבית1004 אשׁר834 אני589 בונה1129 גדול1419 והפלא׃6381
