Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
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Gill's Exposition
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God,.... His honour and glory, most sincerely and cordially, and to the utmost of their power:
arise ye, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord…
Adam Clarke
Is not the Lord your God with you? - "Is not the Word of the Lord your God your assistant?" - T.
Hath he not given you rest on every side? - David at this time was not only king of Judea, but had also…
David here engages the princes of Israel to assist Solomon in the great work he had to do, and every one to lend him a hand towards the carrying of it on. Those that are in the throne cannot do the…
David's Charge to the Princes
18. the inhabitants of the land Cp. 1Ch 11:4, the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. The remnant of the earlier inhabitants of Canaan is meant.
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