1 Paralipomenon 22 — Church Fathers

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Chapter 22

1 Paralipomenon 22:1-19

PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE

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1 And David said: This is the house of God, and this is an altar for holocaust to Israel.

2 And he commanded that the proselytes of the land of Israel should be gathered together, and he appointed of them masons to hew stones and polish them, that the house of God might be built.

3 David prepared also very much iron for the nails of the gates, and for the joinings and jointures: & of brass an innumerable weight.

4 The cedar-trees also could not be esteemed, which the Sidonians and Tyrians brought down to David.

5 And David said: Salomon my son is yet a little child and delicate, and the house which I would have to be builded to our Lord, must be such as may be renowned in all countries: I therefore will prepare him necessaries. And for this cause before his death he prepared all the expenses.

6 And he called Salomon his son: and commanded him that he should build a house to our Lord the God of Israel.

7 And David said to Salomon: My son, it was my will to have built a house to the name of our Lord my God.

8 But the word of our Lord was made to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought very many battles, thou canst not build a house to my name, so much blood being shed before me: 2 notes

9 the son, which shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and for this cause, he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness in Israel all his days. 2 notes

10 He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be to me for a son, and I will be to him for a father: and I will establish the throne of his Kingdom over Israel for ever.

11 Now therefore my son, Our Lord be with thee, and do thou prosper, and build the house of our Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee.

12 Our Lord also give thee wisdom and understanding, that thou mayst be able to rule Israel, and to keep the law of our Lord thy God.

13 For then thou shalt be able to prosper, if thou shalt keep the commandments, and judgments, which our Lord commanded Moyses to teach Israel: take courage and play the man, fear not, neither be dismayed.

14 Behold I in my poverty have prepared the charges of the house of our Lord, of gold an hundred thousand talents, and of silver a thousand thousand talents, but of brass, & of iron there is no weight, for the number is surpassed with the greatness: timber & stones I have prepared to all the charges.

15 Thou hast also very many artificers, hewers of stones, and masons, and carpenters, and of all occupations most skillful to make work

16 in gold and silver and brass and iron, whereof there is no number. Rise therefore, and do it, and our Lord will be with thee.

17 David also commanded all the Princes of Israel, that they should help Salomon his son.

18 You see, quoth he, that our Lord your God is with you, and hath given you rest round about, and hath delivered all your enemies into your hands, and the land is subdued before our Lord, and before his people.

19 Give therefore your heart and your souls, to seek our Lord your God: and arise, and build a sanctuary to our Lord God, that the Ark of the covenant of our Lord, and the vessels consecrated to our Lord, may be brought into the house, which is built to the name of our Lord.

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1 Paralipomenon 22:1-19 4 entries

PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE

THE GUILT OF DAVID.

St. Jerome (c. 347–420) verse 8

Because he was a man of blood—the reference is not, as some think, to his wars, but to the murder [of Uriah]—he was not permitted to build a temple of the Lord.

Against Jovinianus 1.24

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE.

Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–c. 254) verse 8

As a man of blood, David was prevented from constructing it; he seems, at least, to have been occupied concerning the gathering of the material of the temple.

Commentary on the Gospel of John 10.257

CHRIST’S PEACE MORE LASTING THAN SOLOMON’S.

Theodoret of Cyr (c. 393–c. 458) verse 9

Solomon means peaceable; as you can find in the Chronicles: God said to David when he wanted to build the new temple, Lo, a son is born to you; he will be a man of repose, and I shall give him peace from all his enemies round about because his name is Solomon, and I shall give peace and tranquility to Israel in his days. He will build a house for my name, and he will be a son to me, and I shall be a father to him, and I shall assure the throne of his kingdom in Israel forever. It is well known, however, that Solomon died without living long, and that his throne came to an end. He gives the name Solomon, therefore, to our peaceable Lord, of whom blessed Paul says, For he is our peace, who has made the two one and has broken down the dividing wall.^[1] . . . Now it was not Solomon who had dominion to the ends of the world [either] but he who sprang from Solomon in his humanity, Jesus Christ, and was called Solomon on account of his peaceable and gentle nature and his being the cause of peace.

Commentary on the Song of Songs 3

THE ULTIMATE MAN OF PEACE IS CHRIST.

Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260–c. 340) verse 9

This [passage quoted, 1 Kings 8:26-27] is also found in the same words in Chronicles. God then promised David he would raise up a king from his body and would be his father, so that the offspring of the seed of David should be called the Son of God and should have his throne in an eternal kingdom. This was prophesied to David by Nathan in the Second Book of Kings.^[1] . . . The same is also said in Chronicles, and in the 88th [89th] Psalm.^[2]. . . And so Solomon, being unique in wisdom, understanding this oracle given to his father, and perceiving it to be no slight thing, but something beyond human nature, and more suitable to God than to himself, son of David though he was, and knowing who was meant by God by the Firstborn, and who was clearly foretold as the Son of God, was overjoyed at the message and prayed that the words of the prophecy might be confirmed and that he who was foretold might come, calling him Firstborn and Son of God.

Proof of the Gospel 6.12