Teks -- 1 Kings 8:16 (NET)

8:16 He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: 1Ki 8:16 - Since, &c.

_Until David's time; for then he did chuse Jerusalem.

Wesley: 1Ki 8:16 - That my name

That my presence, and grace, and worship, and glory, might be there.

Wesley: 1Ki 8:16 - Chose David

And in and with him the tribe of Judah, of which he was, and Jerusalem where he dwelt.

Clarke: 1Ki 8:16 - Since the day, etc.

Since the day, etc. - Mention is here made, says Dr. Kennicott, of some one place and some one person preferred before all others; and the preference is that of Jerusalem to other places, and of David to other men. In consequence of this remark, we shall see the necessity of correcting this passage by its parallel in 2Ch 6:5, 2Ch 6:6, where the thirteen Hebrew words now lost in Kings are happily preserved. Let us compare the passages: -

1 Kings	2 Chronicles
Since to day that I brought forth my people	Since the day that I brought forth my people
Israel out of Egypt, I chose no City	out of the land of Egypt, I chose no City
out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house,	among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in,
that my name might be therein;	that my name might be there; neither chose I
	any Man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
	but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name
but I chose David to be	might be there; and have chosen David to be
over my people Israel.	over my people Israel.

I would just observe here, that I do not think these thirteen words ever made a part of Kings, and consequently, are not lost from it; nor do they exist here in any of the versions; but their being found in Chronicles helps to complete the sense.

TSK: 1Ki 8:16 - Since // I chose // my name // I chose David

Since : 2Sa 7:6, 2Sa 7:7; 2Ch 6:5-11

I chose : 1Ch 17:5, 1Ch 17:6; Psa 132:13

my name : 1Ki 8:29, 1Ki 11:36; Deu 12:11; 2Ki 23:27; Neh 1:9; Jer 7:12

I chose David : 1Sa 16:1; 2Sa 7:8; 1Ch 28:4; Psa 78:70, Psa 89:19, Psa 89:20

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 1Ki 8:16 - Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt // I chose no city // That my name might be therein // I chose David

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt until David’ s time; for then he did choose Jerusalem.

I chose no city i.e. I did not declare my choice of it; for so choosing is used for declaring or executing one’ s choice, as Deu 12:1 2Ch 6:5 Zec 2:12 , and things are oft said to be done when they are only manifested or declared to be such; in which sense God is said to be justified , Psa 51:4 , and men to be guilty , Hos 5:15 . Otherwise, to speak properly, whatsoever God chooseth, he chooseth from eternity.

That my name might be therein that my presence, and grace, and worship, and glory might be there.

I chose David and in and with him the tribe of Judah, of which he was, and Jerusalem, where he dwelt; which is here implied by the opposition of this to the former part of the verse.

Gill: 1Ki 8:16 - Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt // I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein // but I chose David to be over my people Israel

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt,.... Which was now about four hundred and eighty eight years ago; see 1Ki 6:1.

I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; he had chosen one in his mind from all eternity; but he had not made known this choice, nor the place he had chosen; he gave hints by Moses, that there was a place which he should choose, or declare he had chosen to put his name in, but did not express it, Deu 12:5 but now it was a clear case that he had chosen Jerusalem, and that was the city he always had in view, see 2Ch 6:6,

but I chose David to be over my people Israel; to be their king, and to him he gave the first hint of the place where the temple was to be built, 1Ch 22:1, and he chose no man, and his family with him, before him, to rule over Israel, and be concerned in such a work, see 2Ch 6:5.