1 Chronicles 22:6-19 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.… How the word of the Lord came to David we do not know. In what way soever the communication was made to David, the communication itself is of singular moral value. 1. Say that the Lord delivered the message immediately in audible words, we have then the doctrine that God will not permit men of blood to end their career as if they had been guiltless of blood-shedding. 2. Say that David uttered these words out of the depths of his own consciousness, then we have the doctrine that there is a moral fitness of things that hands stained with blood should not be put forth in the erection of a house of prayer. The house of God is to be a house of peace, the sanctuary of rest, a Sabbatic building, calm with the tranquillity of heaven, unstained by the vices and attachments of earth. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. |
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