1 Chronicles An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)

This story is inspired by 2 Samuel 3-5:4 & 1 Chronicles 11:1-3.

This is what he said to them in 2 Samuel.

And so we still do, of course, we still see David because David has to bestow the kingdom upon his son Solomon.

But we recognize here this is the end, more or less, of David's life. And even at the end of his life, he's still open to being converted.

Lastly, we have the last chapter of First Chronicles. That's First Chronicles chapter 29. And what do we see here? Well, gosh, we have David saying, my son Solomon, he's young and inexperienced.

And so we've gotten all these things. What are they? They're gold for gold things, silver for silver things, iron for iron things. And what it says is David gives freely and wholeheartedly.

But then also he's collected a bunch of things for himself that he basically had won in battle, that he took in battle. They were his own property and he freely and wholeheartedly is giving. And then what happens is all the other people in the nation, the kingdom of Israel, they're also giving willingly. They're also giving wholeheartedly.

We can read that in 1 Chronicles at least one of David's mighty men at the middle of 1 Chronicles is a Gibeonite.