The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV

by John MacArthur

  1 Chronicles 29

  29:1–5 David called for consecrated giving to the project (cf. 28:1), based on the example of his generosity (vv. 3, 4). David gave his personal fortune to the temple building, a fortune almost immeasurable.

  29:1 young and inexperienced. See notes on 1 Chr. 22:5.

  29:4 three thousand talents. Assuming a talent weighed about 75 lbs., this amounts to almost 112 tons of gold, plus the 7,000 talents of silver which would be 260 tons. The total worth of such precious metals has been estimated in the billions of dollars. gold of Ophir. This was held to be the purest and finest in the world (cf. Job 22:24; 28:16; Is. 13:12).

  29:6–9 willingly. Here is the key to all freewill giving, i.e., giving what one desires to give. Tithes were required for taxation, to fund the theocracy, similar to taxation today. The law required that to be paid. This, however, is the voluntary giving from the heart to the LORD. The NT speaks of this (cf. Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:1–8) and never demands that a tithe be given to God, but that taxes be paid to one’s government (cf. Rom. 13:6, 7). Paying taxes and giving God whatever one is willing to give, based on devotion to Him and His glory, is biblical giving.

  29:7 five thousand talents. Assuming a talent weighed about 75 lbs., this amounts to 187 tons of gold. darics. A Persian coin, familiar to Jews from the captivity, possibly named after Darius I (cf. Ezra 8:27). The readers of this material in Ezra’s day would know it as a contemporary measurement. ten thousand talents. This amounts to 375 tons of silver. eighteen thousand talents. This amounts to almost 675 tons of bronze. one hundred thousand talents. This amounts to 3,750 tons of iron. The sum of all this is staggering, and has been estimated into the billions of dollars.

  29:10–15 David responds to the phenomenal offering expressing amazing sacrifices of wealth with praise in which he acknowledges that all things belong to and come from God. He concludes that God is everything and that man is nothing, much like Ps. 8. This magnificent prayer of thanks gives God all credit, even for the people’s generosity (v. 14).

  29:16–20 David leads in a prayer of commitment.

  29:17 test the heart. Opportunities for giving to God are tests of the character of a believer’s devotion to the LORD. The king acknowledges that the attitude of one’s heart is significantly more important than the amount of offering in one’s hand.

  29:20 bowed…prostrated. The ultimate physical expression of an inward submission to God in all things.

  29:21–30 The chronicler records in selective fashion the final days of David and the enthronement of Solomon. For a more complete treatment see 1 Kin. 1:1–53.

  29:22 the second time. This most likely refers to a public ceremony subsequent to the private one of 1 Kin. 1:35–39 in response to Adonijah’s conspiracy. David’s High-Priest Zadok had been loyal to both father and son (1 Kin. 1:32–40; 2:27–29), so he continued on as High-Priest during Solomon’s reign.

  29:26–28 Cf. 1 Kin. 2:10–12.

  29:27 forty years. Ca. 1011–971 B.C.

  29:29 Samuel. This most likely refers to the canonical book of 1 and 2 Samuel. seer…prophet…seer. All 3 are different, but synonymous, Heb. terms referring to the prophetic office from the perspectives of: 1) to understand; 2) to proclaim; and 3) to understand respectively. Nathan…Gad. These are non-canonical, but reliable, historical records that the chronicler utilized. God’s Spirit protected the record from error in the original writing (2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21).

  1 Chronicles 1

  1:1 a Gen. 1:27; 2:7; 5:1, 2, 5

  1:1 b Gen. 4:25, 26; 5:3–9

  1:4 c Gen. 5:28—10:1

  1:4 1 So with MT, Vg.; LXX adds the sons of Noah

  1:5 d Gen. 10:2–4

  1:6 2 Riphath, Gen. 10:3

  1:7 3 Tarshish, Gen. 10:4

  1:7 4 Dodanim, Gen. 10:4

  1:8 e Gen. 10:6

  1:9 5 Sabtah, Gen. 10:7

  1:9 6 Raamah, Gen. 10:7

  1:10 f Gen. 10:8–10, 13

  1:12 g Deut. 2:23

  1:13 h Gen. 9:18, 25–27; 10:15

  1:17 i Gen. 10:22–29; 11:10

  1:17 j Luke 3:36

  1:17 7 Mash, Gen. 10:23

  1:19 8 Lit. Division, Gen. 10:25

  1:19 9 Or land

  1:20 k Gen. 10:26

  1:22 10 Obal, Gen. 10:28

  1:24 l Gen. 11:10–26; Luke 3:34–36

  1:25 m Gen. 11:15

  1:27 n Gen. 17:5

  1:28 o Gen. 21:2, 3

  1:28 p Gen. 21:2

  1:28 q Gen. 16:11, 15

  1:29 r Gen. 25:13–16

  1:30 11 Hadar, Gen. 25:15

  1:32 s Gen. 25:1–4

  1:34 t Gen. 21:2

  1:34 u Gen. 25:9, 25, 26, 29; 32:28

  1:35 v Gen. 36:10–19

  1:36 w Gen. 36:12

  1:36 12 Zepho, Gen. 36:11

  1:38 x Gen. 36:20–28

  1:39 13 Hemam or Heman, Gen. 36:22

  1:40 14 Alvan, Gen. 36:23

  1:40 15 Shepho, Gen. 36:23

  1:41 y Gen. 36:25

  1:41 16 Hemdan, Gen. 36:26

  1:42 17 Akan, Gen. 36:27

  1:43 z Gen. 36:31–43

  1:46 18 Lit. struck

  1:48 a Gen. 36:37

  1:50 19 Hadar, Gen. 36:39

  1:50 20 Pau, Gen. 36:39

  1:51 21 Alvah, Gen. 36:40

  1 Chronicles 2

  2:1 a Gen. 29:32–35; 35:23, 26; 46:8–27

  2:1 b Gen. 29:32; 35:22

  2:1 1 Jacob, Gen. 32:28

  2:3 c Gen. 38:3–5; 46:12; Num. 26:19

  2:3 d Gen. 38:2

  2:3 e Gen. 38:7

  2:4 f Gen. 38:6

  2:4 g Matt. 1:3

  2:5 h Gen. 46:12; Ruth 4:18

  2:6 i 1 Kin. 4:31

  2:6 2 Zabdi, Josh. 7:1

  2:6 3 Darda, 1 Kin. 4:31

  2:7 j 1 Chr. 4:1

  2:7 k Josh. 6:18

  2:7 4 Achan, Josh. 7:1

  2:7 5 banned or devoted

  2:9 6 Aram, Matt. 1:3, 4

  2:9 7 Caleb, vv. 18, 42

  2:10 l Ruth 4:19–22; Matt. 1:4

  2:10 m Num. 1:7; 2:3

  2:11 8 Salmon, Ruth 4:21; Luke 3:32

  2:13 n 1 Sam. 16:6

  2:13 9 Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9

  2:15 o 1 Sam. 16:10, 11; 17:12

  2:16 p 2 Sam. 2:18

  2:17 10 Jithra the Israelite, 2 Sam. 17:25

  2:19 q 1 Chr. 2:50

  2:19 11 Lit. took to himself

  2:19 12 Or Ephrathah

  2:20 r Ex. 31:2; 38:22

  2:21 s Num. 27:1; Judg. 5:14; 1 Chr. 7:14

  2:22 t Judg. 10:3

  2:22 13 Reckoned to Manasseh through the daughter of Machir, Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; 25:5, 6; 1 Kin. 4:13; 1 Chr. 7:14

  2:23 u Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; Josh. 13:30

  2:24 v 1 Chr. 4:5

  2:31 w 1 Chr. 2:34, 35

  2:36 x 1 Chr. 11:41

  2:37 y 2 Chr. 23:1

  2:49 z Josh. 15:17

  2:49 14 Or Achsa

  2:50 a 1 Chr. 4:4

  2:50 b Josh. 9:17; 18:14

  2:50 15 Ephrath, v. 19

  2:52 16 Reaiah, 1 Chr. 4:2

  2:52 17 Or Manuhothites, same as Manahethites, v. 54

  2:54 18 Or Ataroth of the house of Joab

  2:55 c Judg. 1:16

  2:55 d 2 Kin. 10:15; Jer. 35:2

  1 Chronicles 3

  3:1 a 2 Sam. 3:2–5

  3:1 b 1 Sam. 25:43

  3:1 c Josh. 15:56

  3:1 d 1 Sam. 25:39–42

  3:1 1 Chileab, 2 Sam. 3:3

  3:2 e 2 Sam. 13:37; 15:1

  3:2 f 1 Kin. 1:5

  3:3 g 2 Sam. 3:5

  3:4 h 2 Sam. 2:11

  3:4 i 2 Sam. 5:5

  3:5 j 1 Chr. 14:4–7

  3:5 k 2 Sam. 12:24, 25

  3:5 2 Shammua, 1 Chr. 14:4; 2 Sam. 5:14

  3:5 3 Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 11:3

  3:5 4 Eliam, 2 Sam. 11:3

  3:6 5 Elishua, 1 Chr. 14:5; 2 Sam. 5:15

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p; 3:6 6 Elpelet, 1 Chr. 14:5

  3:8 l 2 Sam. 5:14–16

  3:8 7 Beeliada, 1 Chr. 14:7

  3:9 m 2 Sam. 13:1

  3:10 n 1 Kin. 11:43; Matt. 1:7–10

  3:10 8 Abijam, 1 Kin. 15:1

  3:11 9 Jehoram, 2 Kin. 1:17; 8:16

  3:11 10 Or Azariah or Jehoahaz

  3:11 11 Jehoash, 2 Kin. 12:1

  3:12 12 Uzziah, Is. 6:1

  3:15 13 Eliakim, 2 Kin. 23:34

  3:15 14 Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 23:31

  3:16 o Matt. 1:11

  3:16 15 Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:8, or Coniah, Jer. 22:24

  3:16 16 Mattaniah, 2 Kin. 24:17

  3:17 p Matt. 1:12

  3:17 17 Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:8, or Coniah, Jer. 22:24

  3:17 18 Or the captive were Shealtiel

  3:22 q Ezra 8:2

  1 Chronicles 4

  4:1 a Gen. 38:29; 46:12

  4:1 1 Chelubai, 1 Chr. 2:9 or Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:18

  4:2 2 Haroeh, 1 Chr. 2:52

  4:4 b Ex. 31:2; 1 Chr. 2:50

  4:5 c 1 Chr. 2:24

  4:9 d Gen. 34:19

  4:9 3 Lit. He Will Cause Pain

  4:10 4 border

  4:11 e Job 8:1

  4:12 5 Lit. City of Nahash

  4:13 f Josh. 15:17; Judg. 3:9, 11

  4:13 6 LXX, Vg. add and Meonothai

  4:14 g Neh. 11:35

  4:14 7 Lit. Valley of Craftsmen

  4:15 h Josh. 14:6, 14; 15:13, 17; 1 Chr. 6:56

  4:15 8 Or Uknaz

  4:17 9 Lit. she

  4:18 10 Or His Judean wife

  4:19 i 2 Kin. 25:23

  4:21 j Gen. 38:11, 14

  4:21 k Gen. 38:1–5; 46:12

  4:22 11 Lit. words

  4:23 12 Lit. Plants

  4:23 13 Lit. Hedges

  4:24 l Num. 26:12–14

  4:24 14 Jemuel, Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15; Num. 26:12

  4:24 15 Jachin, Gen. 46:10; Num. 26:12

  4:24 16 Zohar, Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15

  4:27 m Num. 2:9

  4:29 17 Balah, Josh. 19:3

  4:29 18 Eltolad, Josh. 19:4

  4:31 19 Hazar Susah, Josh. 19:5

  4:32 20 Ether, Josh. 19:7

  4:33 21 Baalath Beer, Josh. 19:8

  4:41 n 2 Kin. 18:8

  4:41 o 2 Kin. 19:11

  4:41 22 Lit. struck

  4:43 p Ex. 17:14; 1 Sam. 15:8; 30:17

  4:43 23 Lit. struck

  1 Chronicles 5

  5:1 a Gen. 29:32; 49:3

  5:1 b Gen. 35:22; 49:4

  5:1 c Gen. 48:15, 22

  5:2 d Gen. 49:8, 10; Ps. 60:7; 108:8

  5:2 e Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:6

  5:2 1 the right of the firstborn

  5:3 f Gen. 46:9; Ex. 6:14; Num. 26:5

  5:6 g 2 Kin. 18:11

  5:6 2 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser

  5:7 h 1 Chr. 5:17

  5:8 i Num. 32:34; Josh. 12:2; 13:15, 16

  5:9 j Josh. 22:8, 9

  5:9 3 beginning

  5:9 4 increased

  5:10 k Gen. 25:12

  5:11 l Num. 26:15–18

  5:11 m Josh. 13:11, 24–28

  5:11 n Deut. 3:10

  5:16 o 1 Chr. 27:29; Song 2:1; Is. 35:2; 65:10

  5:16 5 open lands

  5:17 p 2 Kin. 15:5, 32

  5:17 q 2 Kin. 14:16, 28

  5:19 r Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:31

  5:20 s (1 Chr. 5:22)

  5:20 t 2 Chr. 14:11–13

  5:20 u Ps. 9:10; 20:7, 8; 22:4, 5

  5:20 6 Lit. was entreated for them

  5:22 v (Josh. 23:10; 2 Chr. 32:8; Rom. 8:31)

  5:22 w 2 Kin. 15:29; 17:6

  5:23 x Deut. 3:9

  5:25 y 2 Kin. 17:7

  5:26 z 2 Kin. 15:19

  5:26 a 2 Kin. 15:29

  5:26 b 2 Kin. 17:6; 18:11

  5:26 7 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser

  1 Chronicles 6

  6:1 a Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16; Num. 26:57; 1 Chr. 23:6

  6:1 1 Or Gershom, v. 16

  6:2 b 1 Chr. 6:18, 22

  6:3 c Lev. 10:1, 2

  6:8 d 2 Sam. 8:17

  6:8 e 2 Sam. 15:27

  6:10 f 2 Chr. 26:17, 18

  6:10 g 1 Kin. 6:1; 2 Chr. 3:1

  6:10 2 Lit. house

  6:11 h Ezra 7:3

  6:11 i 2 Chr. 19:11

  6:12 3 Meshullam, 1 Chr. 9:11

  6:14 j 2 Kin. 25:18–21; Neh. 11:11

  6:15 k 2 Kin. 25:21

  6:16 l Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16

  6:16 4 Heb. Gershom, an alternate spelling for Gershon, vv. 1, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71

  6:20 m 1 Chr. 6:42

  6:21 5 Ethan, v. 42

  6:21 6 Adaiah, v. 41

  6:21 7 Ethni, v. 41

  6:22 n Num. 16:1

  6:22 8 Izhar, vv. 2, 18

  6:25 o 1 Chr. 6:35, 36

  6:26 9 Zuph, v. 35; 1 Sam. 1:1

  6:26 10 Toah, v. 34

  6:27 11 Eliel, v. 34

  6:28 12 So with LXX, Syr., Arab.; cf. v. 33 and 1 Sam. 8:2

  6:28 13 Heb. Vasheni

  6:31 p 1 Chr. 15:16–22, 27; 16:4–6

  6:31 q 2 Sam. 6:17; 1 Kin. 8:4; 1 Chr. 15:25—16:1

  6:33 r Num. 26:57

  6:33 14 Lit. stood with

  6:34 15 Elihu, 1 Sam. 1:1

  6:34 16 Tohu, 1 Sam. 1:1

  6:37 s Ex. 6:24

  6:39 t 2 Chr. 5:12

  6:41 u 1 Chr. 6:21

  6:44 17 Jeduthun, 1 Chr. 9:16; 25:1, 3, 6; 2 Chr. 35:15; Ps. 62:title

  6:44 18 Or Kushaiah

  6:48 v 1 Chr. 9:14–34

  6:49 w Ex. 28:1; (Num. 18:1–8)

  6:49 x Lev. 1:8, 9

  6:49 y Ex. 30:7

  6:50 z 1 Chr. 6:4–8; Ezra 7:5

  6:54 a Josh. 21

  6:55 b Josh. 14:13; 21:11, 12

  6:55 19 open lands

  6:56 c Josh. 14:13; 15:13

  6:57 d Josh. 21:13, 19

  6:58 20 Holon, Josh. 21:15

  6:59 21 Ain, Josh. 21:16

  6:60 22 Almon, Josh. 21:18

  6:61 e 1 Chr. 6:66–70

  6:61 f Josh. 21:5

  6:63 g Josh. 21:7, 34–40

  6:64 23 open lands

  6:66 h 1 Chr. 6:61

  6:67 i Josh. 21:21

  6:68 j Josh. 21:22

  6:71 24 Beeshterah, Josh. 21:27

  6:72 25 Kishon, Josh. 21:28

  6:77 26 Heb. Rimmono, an alternate spelling of Rimmon, 1 Chr. 4:32

  1 Chronicles 7

  7:1 a Num. 26:23–25

  7:1 1 Puvah, Gen. 46:13

  7:1 2 Job, Gen. 46:13

  7:2 b 2 Sam. 24:1–9; 1 Chr. 27:1

  7:6 c Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38–41; 1 Chr. 8:1

  7:12 3 Shupham, Num. 26:39

  7:12 4 Hupham, Num. 26:39

  7:12 5 Iri, v. 7

  7:12 6 Ahiram, Num. 26:38

  7:13 d Num. 26:48–50

  7:13 7 Jahzeel, Gen. 46:24

  7:13 8 Shillem, Gen. 46:24

  7:14 e Num. 26:29–34

  7:14 f 1 Chr. 2:21

  7:15 g Num. 26:30–33; 27:1

  7:15 9 Hupham, v. 12; Num. 26:39

  7:15 10 Shupham, v. 12; Num. 26:39

  7:15 11 Lit. the second

  7:17 h 1 Sam. 12:11

  7:18 12 Jeezer, Num. 26:30

  7:20 i Num. 26:35–37

  7:23 13 Lit. In Tragedy

  7:24 j Josh. 16:3, 5; 2 Chr. 8:5

  7:26 k Num. 10:22

  7:27 l Ex. 17:9, 14; 24:13; 33:11

  7:27 14 Heb. Non

  7:28 m Josh. 16:1–10

  7:28 15 Naarath, Josh. 16:7

  7:28 16 Many Heb. mss., Bg., LXX, Tg., Vg. Gazza

  7:29 n Gen. 41:51; Josh. 17:7

  7:29 o Josh. 17:11

  7:30 p Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:44–47

  7:31 17 Or Birzavith or Birzoth

  7:32 18 Shemer, 1 Chr. 7:34

  7:32 19 Helem, 1 Chr. 7:35

  7:34 q 1 Chr. 7:32

  7:37 20 Jether, v. 38

  1 Chronicles 8

  8:1 a Gen. 46:21
; Num. 26:38; 1 Chr. 7:6

  8:1 1 Ahiram, Num. 26:38

  8:3 2 Ard, Num. 26:40

  8:5 3 Shupham, Num. 26:39, or Shuppim, 1 Chr. 7:12

  8:6 b 1 Chr. 6:60

  8:6 c 1 Chr. 2:52

  8:13 d 1 Chr. 8:21

  8:21 4 Shema, 1 Chr. 7:13

  8:29 e 1 Chr. 9:35–38

  8:29 5 Jeiel, 1 Chr. 9:35

  8:31 6 Zechariah, 1 Chr. 9:37

  8:32 7 Shimeam, 1 Chr. 9:38

  8:32 8 Lit. opposite

  8:32 9 brethren

  8:33 f 1 Sam. 14:51

  8:33 10 Also the son of Gibeon, 1 Chr. 9:36, 39

  8:33 11 Jishui, 1 Sam. 14:49

  8:33 12 Ishbosheth, 2 Sam. 2:8

  8:34 g 2 Sam. 9:12

  8:34 13 Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 4:4

  8:35 14 Tahrea, 1 Chr. 9:41

  8:36 15 Jarah, 1 Chr. 9:42

  8:37 16 Raphaiah, 1 Chr. 9:43

  1 Chronicles 9

  9:1 a Ezra 2:59

  9:1 1 enrolled

  9:2 b Ezra 2:70; Neh. 7:73

  9:2 c Ezra 2:43; 8:20

  9:3 d Neh. 11:1, 2

  9:10 e Neh. 11:10–14

  9:11 f 2 Chr. 31:13; Jer. 20:1

  9:11 2 Seraiah, Neh. 11:11

  9:13 3 Lit. mighty men of strength

  9:15 g Neh. 11:17

  9:16 h Neh. 11:17

  9:16 i Neh. 11:17

  9:19 4 Lit. thresholds

  9:20 j Num. 25:6–13; 31:6

  9:21 k 1 Chr. 26:2, 14

  9:21 5 gatekeeper

  9:22 l 1 Chr. 26:1, 2

  9:22 m 1 Sam. 9:9

  9:25 n 2 Kin. 11:4–7; 2 Chr. 23:8

  9:27 o 1 Chr. 23:30–32

  9:27 6 the watch was committed to them

  9:29 p 1 Chr. 23:29

  9:30 q Ex. 30:22–25

  9:31 r Lev. 2:5; 6:21

  9:32 s Lev. 24:5–8

  9:33 t 1 Chr. 6:31; 25:1

  9:35 u 1 Chr. 8:29–32

  9:37 7 Zecher, 1 Chr. 8:31

  9:38 8 Shimeah, 1 Chr. 8:32

  9:39 v 1 Chr. 8:33–38

  9:41 w 1 Chr. 8:35

  9:41 9 Tarea, 1 Chr. 8:35

  9:41 10 So with Arab., Syr., Tg., Vg. (cf. 8:35); MT, LXX omit and Ahaz

  9:42 11 Jehoaddah, 1 Chr. 8:36

  9:43 12 Raphah, 1 Chr. 8:37

  1 Chronicles 10

  10:1 a 1 Sam. 31:1, 2

  10:2 1 Jishui, 1 Sam. 14:49

  10:8 2 plunder

  10:10 b 1 Sam. 31:10

  10:10 3 Lit. house

  10:12 c 1 Sam. 14:52

  10:12 d 2 Sam. 21:12

  10:13 e 1 Sam. 13:13, 14; 15:22–26

  10:13 f (Lev. 19:31; 20:6); 1 Sam. 28:7

  10:13 4 Lit. transgressed

  10:14 g 1 Sam. 15:28; 2 Sam. 3:9, 10; 5:3; 1 Chr. 12:23

  1 Chronicles 11

  11:1 a 2 Sam. 5:1

  11:2 b 1 Sam. 16:1–3; Ps. 78:70–72

  11:2 c 2 Sam. 7:7

  11:3 d 2 Sam. 5:3

  11:3 e 1 Sam. 16:1, 4, 12, 13