David having prepared all necessaries, chargeth Solomon to build the temple and the princes to assist him.
VVorkemen and al necessaries being prepared, 6. Dauid commandeth Salomon to build the Temple, for so God hath appoynted 13. exhorteth him to serue God. 17. and other principal men to assist him.
1Then David said: This is the house of God, And this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.David disse: Qui è la casa di Dio, e questo è l'altare degli olocausti d'Israele.AND Dauid sayd: This is the house of God, and this is an altar for holocauste to Israel.Dixitque David: Hæc est domus Dei, et hoc altare in holocaustum Israëli. 2And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.E ordinò, che si convocassero tutti i proseliti delle terre d'Israele, e di essi ne scelse degli scarpellini per tagliare, e pulire le pietre per la fabbrica della casa del Signore.And he commanded that the proselytes of the land of Israel should be gathered to gether, and he appoynted of them masons to hewe stones and polish them, that the house of God might be built.Et præcepit ut congregarentur omnes proselyti de terra Israël, et constituit ex eis latomos ad cædendos lapides et poliendos, ut ædificaretur domus Dei. 3And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight.Preparò ancora Davidde moltissimo ferro per fare i chiodi delle porte, e per commettere insieme, e legare le pietre, e i legnami: e quantità immensa di bronzo.Dauid prepared also verie much yron for the nayles of the gates, and for the ioyninges and ioynctures: and of brasse an inmumerable weight.Ferrum quoque plurimum ad clavos januarum, et ad commissuras atque juncturas, præparavit David: et æris pondus innumerabile. 4And the cedar trees were without number, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to David.Era parimente inestimabile l'ammasso dei legnami di cedro portati a Davidde dai Sidonj, e dai Tirj.The cedar trees also could not be estemed, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought downe to Dauid.Ligna quoque cedrina non poterant æstimari, quæ Sidonii et Tyrii deportaverant ad David. 5And David said: Solomon my son is very young and tender, and the house which I would have to be built to the Lord, must be such as to be renowned in all countries: therefore I will prepare him necessaries. And therefore before his death he prepared all the charges.Perocché disse Davidde: Salomone mio figliuolo è giovinetto tenero, e debole: e la casa, che io desidero, che si erga al Signore, debb'esser tale, che abbia nome tra tutte le genti: io adunque anderò preparando quel, che vi bisogna. E per questo prima della sua morte ne fece anticipatamente tutte le spese.And Dauid sayd: Salomon my sonne is yet a litle child and delicate, and the house which I would haue to be builded to our Lord, must be such as may be renowned in al countries: I therfore wil prepare him necessaries. And for this cause before his death he prepared al the expenses.Et dixit David: Solomon filius meus puer parvulus est et delicatus: domus autem, quam ædificari volo Domino, talis esse debet ut in cunctis regionibus nominetur: præparabo ergo ei necessaria. Et ob hanc causam ante mortem suam omnes præparavit impensas.
6And he called for Solomon his son: and commanded him to build a house to the Lord the God of Israel.E chiamò a se Salomone suo figliuolo: e gli ordinò di fabbricare la casa al Signore Dio d'Israele.And he called Salomon his sonne: and commanded him that he should build a house to our Lord the God of Israel.Vocavitque Salomonem filium suum, et præcepit ei ut ædificaret domum Domino Deo Israël. 7And David said to Solomon: My son, it was my desire to have built a house to the name of the Lord my God.E David disse a Salomone: Figliuol mio, io ebbi in animo di edificare una casa al nome del Signore Dio mio,And Dauid sayd to Salomon: My sonne, it was my wil to haue built a house to the name of our Lord my God.Dixitque David ad Salomonem: Fili mi, voluntatis meæ fuit ut ædificarem domum nomini Domini Dei mei: 8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou canst not build a house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me:Ma il Signore parlommi, e disse: Tu hai sparso molto sangue, e hai fatte molte guerre: tu non potrai edificare la casa al nome mio, avendo sparso tanto sangue dinanzi a me.But the word of our Lord was made to me, saying: Thou hast shed much bloud, and fought verie manie battels, thou canst not build a house to my name, so much bloud being shed before me:sed factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens: Multum sanguinem effudisti, et plurima bella bellasti: non poteris ædificare domum nomini meo, tanto effuso sanguine coram me: 9The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days.Tu avrai un figliuolo, il quale sarà, uomo di pace: io farò, che egli non sia e disturbato da veruno de' suoi nemici, all'intorno; e per questo ei sarà chiamato il Pacifico: e pace, e tranquillità darò io ad Israele per tutto il tempo dio sua vita.the sonne, which shal be borne to thee, shal be a most quiet man: for I wil make him rest from al his enemies round about: and for this cause, he shal be called Peaceable: and I wil geue peace and quietnesse in Israel al his dayes.filius qui nascetur tibi, erit vir quietissimus: faciam enim eum requiescere ab omnibus inimicis suis per circuitum: et ob hanc causam Pacificus vocabitur: et pacem et otium dabo in Israël cunctis diebus ejus. 10He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him: and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.Egli edificherà la casa al nome mio; ed ei sarammi figliuolo, e io sarogli padre: e stabil farò il trono del suo regno sopra Israele in eterno.He shal build a house to my name, & he shal be to me for a sonne, and I wil be to him for a father: and I wil establih the throne of his kingdom ouer Israel for euer.Ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo, et ipse erit mihi in filium, et ego ero illi in patrem: firmaboque solium regni ejus super Israël in æternum.
11Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee, and do thou prosper, and build the house to the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee.Or adunque, figliuol mio, sia teco il Signore, e vivi felice, ed edifica la casa al Signore Dio tuo, com'egli ha di te predetto.Now therfore my sonne, Our Lord be with thee, and doe thou prosper, and build the house to our Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee.Nunc ergo fili mi, sit Dominus tecum, et prosperare, et ædifica domum Domino Deo tuo sicut locutus est de te. 12The Lord also give thee wisdom and understanding, that thou mayest be able to rule Israel, and to keep the law of the Lord thy God.E diati di più il Signore prudenza, e senno, affinchè possi governare Israele, e osservare la legge del Signore Dio tuo.Our Lord also giue thee wisdome and vnderstanding, that thou mayst be able to rule Israel, and to kepe the law of our Lord thy GodDet quoque Dominus prudentiam et sensum ut regere possis Israël, et custodire legem Domini Dei tui. 13For then thou shalt be able to prosper, if thou keep the commandments, and judgments, which the Lord commanded Moses to teach Israel: take courage and act manfully, fear not, nor be dismayed.Imperocché allora potrai andare di bene in meglio, se osserverai i comandamenti, e le leggi intimate dal Signore a Mosè, perchè le insegnasse ad Israele: fatti animo, opera virilmente, non temere, non ti sbigottire.For then thou shalt be able to prosper, if thou shalt keepe the commandementes, and iudgementes, which our Lord commanded Moyses to teach Israel: take courage and play the man, feare not, neither be dismayde.Tunc enim proficere poteris, si custodieris mandata et judicia quæ præcepit Dominus Moysi ut doceret Israël. Confortare, et virilter age: ne timeas, neque paveas. 14Behold I in my poverty have prepared the charges of the house of the Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a million of talents: but of brass, and of iron there is no weight, for the abundance surpasseth all account: timber also and stones I have prepared for all the charges.Ecco, che io nella mia povertà ho preparato il bisognevole per la casa del Signore, cento mila talenti d'oro, e un milione di talenti d'argento: il bronzo poi, e il ferro è in tanta quantità, che sorpassa ogni calcolo: e legnami, e pietre ho preparati per tutti i bisogni.Behold I in my pouertie haue prepared the charges of the house of our Lord, of gold an hundred thousand talentes, and of siluer a thousand thousand talentes: but of brasse, and of yron there is noe weight, for the number is surpassed with the greatnesse: timber and stones I haue prepared to al the charges.Ecce ego in paupertate mea præparavi impensas domus Domini, auri talenta centum millia, et argenti mille millia talentorum: æris vero et ferri non est pondus, vincitur enim numerus magnitudine; ligna et lapides præparavi ad universa impendia.
15Thou hast also workmen in abundance, hewers of stones, and masons, and carpenters, and of all trades the most skilful in their work,Hai ancora moltissimi operai, scarpellini, e muratori, e legnaiuoli, e artefici d'ogni maniera abilissimi ne' loro mestieri,Thou hast also verie manie artificers, hewers of stones, and masons, & carpenters, and of al occapations most skilful to make worke,Habes quoque plurimos artifices, latomos, et cæmentarios, artificesque lignorum, et omnium artium ad faciendum opus prudentissimos, 16In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, whereof there is no number. Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord will be with thee.Sia d'oro, sia d'argento, e di bronzo, e di ferro; ed ei sono senza numero. Muoviti adunque, e opera, e il Signore sarà teco.in gold and siluer and brasse and yron, wherof there is no number. Ryse therfore, and do it, and our Lord wil be with thee.in auro et argento et ære et ferro, cujus non est numerus. Surge igitur et fac, et erit Dominus tecum. 17David also charged all the princes of Israel, to help Solomon his son,Comandò ancora Davidde a tutti i principi d'Israele, che assistessero Salomone suo figliuolo.Dauid also commanded al the princes of Israel, that they should help Salomon his sonne.Præcepit quoque David cunctis principibus Israël ut adjuvarent Salomonem filium suum: 18Saying: You see, that the 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 the Lord, and before his people.Voi vedete (disse loro), come il Signore Dio vostro è con voi, e vi ha dato riposo da tutte le parti, e ha dati nelle mani vostre tutti i vostri nemici, e la terra è soggetta al Signore, e al suo popolo.You see, quoth he, that our Lord your God is with you, and hath geuen you rest round about, and hath deliuered al your enemies into your handes, and the land is subdewed before our Lord, and before his people.Cernitis, inquiens, quod Dominus Deus vester vobiscum sit, et dederit vobis requiem per circuitum, et tradiderit omnes inimicos vestros in manus vestras, et subjecta sit terra coram Domino, et coram populo ejus. 19Give therefore your hearts and your souls, to seek the Lord your God and arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into the house, which is built to the name of the Lord.Disponete adunque i vostri cuori, e gli animi vostri, e cercate il Signore Dio vostro: e risolvetevi, ed edificate un Santuario al Signore Dio, affinchè e l'arca del testamento del Signore, e i vasi consagrati al Signore sian portati nella casa edificata al nome del Signore.Geue therfore your hart and your soules, to seeke our Lord your God: and arise, and build a sanctuarie to our Lord God, that the Arke of the couenant 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.Præbete igitur corda vestra et animas vestras, ut quæratis Dominum Deum vestrum: et consurgite, et ædificate sanctuarium Domino Deo, ut introducatur arca fœderis Domini, et vasa Domino consecrata, in domum quæ ædificatur nomini Domini.
22:1
Menochius
The house. Or the place where the temple shall be built. (Menochius)
The miraculous fire convinced David that God had made choice of this spot.
22:2
Year of the World 2988, Year before Christ 1016.
Rabbins
Proselytes. This is the first time that the word occurs in the Vulgate. See Exodus 12:45. It means "strangers," (Calmet) who were not allowed to live in the country, unless they would observe the natural law, and renounce idolatry. (Rabbins)
Menochius
These had embraced the Jewish religion. (Menochius)
They were the remnants of the people of Chanaan, (3 Kings 9:20,) and were treated as public slaves, which could not have been done, with justice or policy, with regard to those who might barely wish to reside in the country. These strangers prefigured the Gentiles, chosen to build the Christian Church.
22:3
Calmet
Prepared. Syriac and Arabic, "appointed blacksmiths from among the proselytes, to forge tools for cutting and dressing stone, etc." But most follow the Vulgate. (Calmet)
Closures is explained by the following word, which alone occurs in Hebrew, etc.
Haydock
Immense. Hebrew and Septuagint, "abundance, it was not weighed." (Haydock)
22:4
Number. Still we find that Solomon ordered more, as the structure was more magnificent than even David had imagined.
22:6
Calmet
Tender, (delicatus) weak and unexperienced. (Calmet)
Tirinus
Yet he might be 21 when he was crowned. (Tirinus)
David began his preparations long before.
Lord. Hebrew, "must be (Haydock) for grandeur, excellence, fame, and beauty, through all countries" a sort of prodigy.
All. Hebrew, "abundantly."
22:8
Virgil
Blood, of Urias, (St. Jerome and the Rabbins) or rather, as David had already entertained the desire of building a temple before that event, (Estius) the blood which David had shed in just wars, must be understood; as even that causes a person to be regarded as unclean. The soldiers were obliged to be purified before they could enter the camp, Numbers 31:19. In the Christian Church, those are deemed irregular who have contributed to the death of the guilty, even as judges or witnesses. The Pagans entertained the like sentiments. (Calmet) Aeneas dares not touch the sacred vessels and household gods, when he was stained with blood, shed in his country's defence. Tu, genitor, cape sacra manu, patriosque penates Me bello e tanto digressum et caede recenti Attrectare nefas. (Virgil, Aeneid ii.)
Haydock
So. Hebrew, "much blood in my sight." (Haydock)
Calmet
This expression enhances (Du Hamel) the greatness of the bloodshed; as when a person is said to be wicked, etc., before the Lord, it means in an extraordinary degree. The wars of David are frequently assigned as the impediment to David's building the temple, 1 Paralipomenon 17:4., and 28:3. (Josephus, etc.) (Calmet)
Menochius
They would not suffer him to have sufficient leisure, ver. 18., (Haydock) 3 Kings 5:3. (Salien) (Menochius)
22:9
Calmet
Peaceable. Hebrew, "Solomon," which has this meaning. (Calmet)
Worthington
Herein Solomon was a figure of Christ, who is styled the Prince of peace, Isaias ix. (Worthington)
22:10
Menochius
Name. See 2 Kings 7:13. (Menochius)
Calmet
A son. The crimes into which Solomon fell, hinder us from explaining this literally of him. St. Paul refers the expression to Jesus Christ, Hebrews 1:5. (Calmet)
St. Augustine (de C.[City of God?] 17:8 and 9.) observes that the promises were not perfectly fulfilled in Solomon.
22:12
Menochius
Understanding, (sensum.) Skill to resolve difficult questions. (Menochius)
Haydock
That. Hebrew, "and appoint thee to rule." (Haydock)
22:14
Haydock
Poverty. Protestants, "trouble." (Haydock)
Calmet
David confesses that the immense sums which he had collected, were nothing in comparison with the greatness of God. He left more than was sufficient for Solomon to perfect the work, with still greater magnificence than he had planned out, ver. 5., 1 Paralipomenon 28:2., and 29:2., etc. (Calmet)
De pond
Million. Josephus ([Antiquities?] 7:14.) reduces these sums to one tenth part, "of gold 10,000 talents, of silver 100,000;" so that it is "extremely probable that a cipher" was added to these numbers, in some very ancient Hebrew copy. Brerewood computes that the sum mentioned here and [in] chap 29:4, would amount to 841,125,000l. and maintains that the whole temple pavement, and all the vessels, might have been made of solid gold, without consuming it all. (De pond, in Walton's Polyglot.)
Kennicott
"If we take the preceding talents according to bishop Cumberland's computation, the sum total will be somewhat less: but, were we to reduce it to less than one-half, would not the sum of four hundred millions of money be immense and incredible?" (Kennicott)
Du Hamel
A learned Jew has written this marginal note in his Bible, 1661: "It is supposed, these talents are not to be reckoned like the Mosaic, for they would amount to 720 millions. But as the Scripture makes no difference, we have no other computation to go by." See Kennicott, diss. 2:If they were the same, the sum would exceed belief. Some have thought that they were only half. Mariana supposes the talents were only the weight of sicles, or four drachms; so that David left one million for the fabric. (Du Hamel)
Calmet
But the relation given by historians of the riches of Sardanapalus, Cyrus, Alexander, Atabalipa, and some kings, who were not more likely to amass such treasures than David, make the account less improbable. Josephus ([Antiquities?] 7:12.) asserts, that "no prince ever left so great riches." He had extended his dominions on all sides, and imposed tribute on the conquered. He was very frugal, and had possession of the mines of Phunon, (Numbers 21:10., and 33:43.) and of Phoenicia, Deuteronomy 33:25. Though the talent seems to have varied in other nations, it always consisted of 3000 sicles among the Hebrews, at least till the captivity, Exodus 38:25, 26. We find from 2 Paralipomenon 25:6., and 4 Kings 15:19., etc., that it formed a very considerable sum. Yet Villalpand calculates that all the gold and silver left by David, would be requisite for the ornaments and vessels of the temple. If, however, we grant that it would have sufficed to build a massive temple of gold, how much must be deducted to pay the workmen? etc. (Calmet, Diss. on the riches left by David, t. ii.)
Tirinus
For all. Hebrew, Chaldean, Septuagint, "And to these add." (Tirinus)
Haydock
He encouraged the princes to contribute; (chap. 39.) and here he exhorts his son to shew his liberality, if any thing should be found deficient. (Haydock)
22:18
Saying is not expressed in Hebrew, "Is not the Lord," etc.
Haydock
And hath. Hebrew, "for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into my hand," or power. (Haydock)
Calmet
Almost all the neighbouring nations were subjected to David. (Calmet)
Menochius
The Lord, who assisted his people, and filled the enemy with terror. (Menochius)
22:19
Haydock
Is on the point of being built. David was convinced that the work would not be much longer retarded, so that he speaks of it as present. (Haydock)
22:2
Concordance 1. Reg. 7. 3: Reg: 5.
22:9
Salomon sig nifieth Peaceable. and therin, as in manie other thinges, prefigured Christ who amongst other names is called, Prince of peace. Isai. 9.
22:8
Origen † AD 254 Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 6.1
… David, who fought the wars of the Lord and stood firm against many enemies, his own and those of Israel, desired to build a temple for God. But God, through Nathan, prevents him from doing so, and Nathan says to him,
Origen † AD 254 Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 10.22
… do violence to the words and make out the period of forty-six years at all costs, by counting from the time when David, after planning about the building of the temple, said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God dwelleth in the midst of the tent,” for though it is true that he was prevented, as being a man of blood,
St Jerome † AD 420 Against Jovinianus 1.24
… And I do not say this because I am bold enough to disparage holy men, but because it is one thing to live under the law, another to live under the Gospel. David slew Uriah the Hittite and committed adultery with Bathsheba. And because he was a man of blood—the reference is not, as some think, to his wars, but to the
22:9
Origen † AD 254 Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 10.23
… Let us seek to find in the Church the truth of each statement made about the temple. If all Christ’s enemies are made the footstool of His feet, and Death, the last enemy, is destroyed, then there will be the most perfect peace. Christ will be Solomon, which means “Peaceful,”
22:14
Origen † AD 254 Origen's Commentary on Matthew 14.10
… For “man is a great thing, and a pitiful man is precious,” precious so as to be worthy of a talent, whether of gold like as the lamp which was equal to a talent of gold, or of silver or of any kind of material whatsoever understood intellectually, the symbols of which are recorded in the Words of the Days,
22:1
1. This is the house of God, that is to say, God commands a temple to be built in this place, namely in the threshing floor of Ornan, which is on Mount Moriah.
22:5
5. Solomon is a young child, that is to say, Solomon, in comparison with so great and so magnificent a building of the temple, is like a young child: for otherwise he was already twenty years old.
22:14
14. One hundred thousand talents of gold (that is, twelve and a half million pounds of gold, which make one thousand two hundred million French gold coins; he left him an equal amount in silver, namely) one thousand thousand talents of silver, which make the same amount, namely one thousand two hundred million French gold coins; for formerly one pound of gold was worth ten pounds of silver: in total therefore he left him two thousand four hundred million gold coins. See the remarks on coins and measures at the end of the Pentateuch. This sum of gold and silver seems immense and almost incredible, but nothing is impossible to God, nothing is difficult; wherefore it was easy for him to supply all this abundance to David for the building of so magnificent a temple; hence he himself, wishing this temple, burned by the Chaldeans, to be restored by Zorobabel and the Jews, encourages the poor to the building, saying: "Mine is the silver, and mine is the gold," Haggai II, 9. Thus St. Francis of Assisi, and another of Paola, the one founder of the Minors, the other of the Minims, each poor, commanded by God to build a temple, built it to God, providing for it through alms of the pious, God promising and supplying. Much more, if we are called by God to build the mystical temple of perfection in our own soul or in that of our neighbors, let us eagerly undertake it, trusting in his aid. For God will be present and will give strength and courage: "For the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof," and, as St. Leo says: "He justly presses the precept who prevents it with aid." For all the expenses. — The Hebrew and Chaldean have, and besides these add. The Septuagint, and lay up in these. Vatablus, to which you will be able to add. Whence Solomon and the people added many gifts to what David left for the building of the temple so magnificent, to furnish and adorn it more magnificently. Furthermore, our Vilalpandus at the end of the second volume on Ezekiel, through several chapters, holds that David collected such great riches partly from taxes, partly from Ophir, partly from the spoils of enemies and tribute, partly from the annual census of Israel, by which each one paid yearly to the temple half a shekel according to the law, Exodus XXX, 13. Wherefore the Israelites, even those dwelling outside Judea, scattered throughout the whole world, sent this tax yearly to Jerusalem; and since their number was great, they collected a great sum of gold. Vilalpandus adds that David and Solomon surpassed in annual revenue and riches the tributes and riches of the Romans, Chaldeans, Persians, and all kings and monarchs. You will say: How then does David in this verse say that he collected these "in poverty"? I answer: First, because all these things were small and few in comparison with the dignity and majesty of God. Second, "in poverty," that is, in much labor and affliction. Third and especially, because, as follows, all these things were God's; wherefore they were not David's, because he himself was poor from himself, and had nothing except what he had received from God.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
22:10
… The Davidic dynasty was willed by the consent of the people, but first by God (II Par. 13, 4-12; 23, 3; 33, 7-8 etc.) as a reward for the "house" built for God by David-Solomon (I Par. 17, 7-27; 22, 10; 28, 6 ff.; II Par. 6, 7-11, 16 f.; 33, 7-8). God therefore, insofar as He is present in the Temple, in the midst of Israel, is its fulcrum. …
22:14
… The numbers seem enormous (I Chron. 22, 14; 29, 4; II Chron. 13, 3; 17, 14, 8; etc.). …
22:20
Micah (Hebrew Mikhāh, abbreviation of Mikhāyāh « Who [is] like Yahweh? »)
… For other figures of the same name, of whom generally only the name is known, cf. 2 Sam. 22:12; 1 Chron. 5:5; 8:34-35; 22:20; Neh. 11:17-22. Angelo Penna
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