1 Chronicles 22:16
in gold and silver, bronze and iron--craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you."
Sermons
A New Year's ExhortationR. S. Latimer.1 Chronicles 22:16
Be DoingJ.R. Thomson 1 Chronicles 22:16
Christian Activity and its RewardGeorge Clayton.1 Chronicles 22:16
David's Charge to SolomonS. J. Wilson, D. D.1 Chronicles 22:16
Inactivity the Dry-Rot of Young MenT. C. Cuyler.1 Chronicles 22:16
David's Charge to SolomonF. Whitfield 1 Chronicles 22:6-16
Successful ServiceW. Clarkson 1 Chronicles 22:6-16
A Son PredictedBiblical Museum1 Chronicles 22:6-19
David's Charge to SolomonMonday Club Sermons1 Chronicles 22:6-19
God's Word to DavidJ. Parker, D. D.1 Chronicles 22:6-19
LearnJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 22:6-19
The Prediction of Solomon's BirthJ. Parker, D. D.1 Chronicles 22:6-19
One Man's Work for God Fits Into, and Follows On, Another Man'sR. Tuck 1 Chronicles 22:14-16














When David had done all that lay in his power, he commended the rest to his son Solomon. The son was not to rest in indolence because the father had wrought with zeal and given with liberality. Nor, because assured of the approval and the help of Heaven, was he to remit diligence and devotion. This David clearly impressed upon him in addressing to Solomon the brief but stirring admonition of the text: "Arise, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee." The summons may well be addressed to every Christian heart.

I. MAN'S NATURE IS ACTIVE. We are made, not only to think and to feel, but to do. The contemplative man, if his contemplations have no influence upon his life, is justly despised. "In all labour there is profit." "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."

II. THE DEMANDS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE ARE FOR ACTION. The world in which we find ourselves corresponds to the nature with which we are endowed. In every position of life there is a loud call for activity. Without exertion and labour no good can be accomplished.

III. THE SUMMONS OF TRUE RELIGION IS TO ACTIVITY. The sloth of men may sometimes misinterpret religion; may endeavour to persuade them that all they need is to believe the truth, and to feel deeply when religious truth is addressed to them. But the Scriptures give no countenance to such errors, but teach us to "show our faith by our works," and so prove the sincerity of our love.

IV. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST IS AN EXAMPLE OF ACTIVITY. He both did the will of his Father and taught men to do likewise. This was his meat and drink; of this he never wearied. "He wrought the works of him that sent him while it was day."

V. THE BLESSING OF GOD MAY BE EXPECTED TO REST UPON SANCTIFIED ACTIVITY. The Holy Spirit of God alike inspires, directs, and prospers the labours of his people. - T.

Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
This charge has respect to and gathers force from —

I. THE PAST. Upon the life and conscience of Solomon were concentrated the considerations and responsibilities which arise out of —

1. The relations of the family covenant. Solomon was a sou of promise.

2. The influence of parental example.

3. The Divine faithfulness.

II. THE PRESENT. From the present several motives and ., encouragements are drawn.

1. Problems have been solved, paths of duty have been made clear, and avenues of effort and usefulness have been opened up.

2. The present was made rich in material which had been prepared and laid up in the past.

3. These preparations brought within the reach of Solomon opportunities such as had been enjoyed by no one before him. The preparation of means and material create opportunities. Providence has created for every Christian greater spiritual opportunities than Solomon enjoyed, and the responsibilities arising out of these opportunities are solemn and urgent.

4. All these motives, arguments, and considerations, drawn from the past and present, unite in a resistless appeal for action: "Arise and be doing."

III. THE CHARGE HAS RESPECT TO THE FUTURE.

1. Encouragement in his undertaking. Solomon had the promise of the Divine presence and blessing.

2. He was also encouraged in his undertaking by the fact that in the accomplishment of it the desires, hopes, and prayers of pious ancestors would be fulfilled.

3. By thus fulfilling the pious desires of godly ancestors, Solomon set in operation spiritual agencies which carry down to future ages blessings in ever widening streams of diffusive beneficence.Application:

1. In our work we use materials and agencies which have been prepared by kings, prophets, apostles, and martyrs. All the achievements and improvements of modern science and civilisation are available in Christian work.

2. In the kingdom of God them is a place and a sphere for talents and service of all kinds.

(S. J. Wilson, D. D.)

I. EVERY GOOD MAN HAS AN IMPORTANT WORK TO DO IN HIS DAY AND GENERATION.

1. We have much to do for ourselves in the cultivation of our own minds, the improvement of our hearts, and the faithful application of our various talents.

2. We have much to do for the conversion of others.

3. We have much to do for God.

II. IT BEHOVES US TO ADDRESS OURSELVES TO THIS WORK WITH ACTIVITY, ZEAL, AND ENERGY.

1. Reason dictates this.

2. Gratitude impels it.

3. The brevity of life calls for this.

4. The solemn account we shall have to give should further stimulate us to zeal, activity, and energy.

5. The example of Christ tells us to "Arise and be doing."

III. WHEN OCCUPYING OUR TALENTS IN THE EXERCISE OF OUR BEST EFFORTS WE MAY CONFIDENTLY LOOK FOR THE PRESENCE AND BLESSING OF GOD. "And the Lord be with thee." This might be rendered, "The Lord shall be with thee."

1. There is a general presence of God with His people, which they enjoy in common with all mankind.

2. There is an especial presence of God with His people, which is the promise of His covenant.Reflections: This subject will —

1. Reprove the idler.

2. Admonish those who are attempting to work without due dependence upon God.

3. Heaven is a place of ceaseless activity.

(George Clayton.)

I. The SPHERE of Christian service.

II. The MANNER of Christian service.

1. Be ready and on the look-out for something to do.

2. Let us find something to do.

3. When you've finished one job, set about another. "Be doing."

III. The VOWER of Christian service. "The Lord with thee."

1. His presence will quicken our energy.

2. Will lighten our labour.

(R. S. Latimer.)

In-activity is the "dry-rot" of thousands of Christian young men. You will never gain a good appetite for God's Word, or a flush of joy on your countenance, until you lay hold of some earnest, self-denying work and keep at it. Nothing will impart such a holy vehemence to your prayers as to spend an hour by a sick-bed, or in close labour with an impenitent heart. Nothing will stiffen your muscle more than tough up-hill work in behalf of some unpopular cause or moral reform. The only cure for indolence is honest work; the only cure for selfishness is self-sacrifice; the only cure for timidity is to plunge into duty before the shiver benumbs you; the only cure for unbelief is to put Christ to the test every day. Prayer must kill unbelief, or else unbelief will kill prayer. The Christian warfare is not a single pitched battle; it is a campaign for life. You may often imagine that you have attended the funeral of some besetting sin — and lo! it is on its feet again next morning! You won't fire the last shot until the gates of glory welcome you in among the crowned conquerors.

(T. C. Cuyler.)

People
David, Sidonians, Solomon, Tyrians, Zidonians
Places
Jerusalem
Topics
Arise, Begin, Beyond, Brass, Bronze, Craftsmen, Gold, Iron, Limit, Numbered, Silver
Outline
1. David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepares abundance for building it.
6. He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple.
17. He charges the princes to assist his son

Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Chronicles 22:1-19

     5089   David, significance

1 Chronicles 22:14-16

     4312   bronze
     4336   iron
     5272   craftsmen

1 Chronicles 22:15-16

     5273   creativity

Library
David's Prohibited Desire and Permitted Service
'Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel. 7. And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God: 8. But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto My name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in My sight. 9. Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
or, Gospel Light Fetched out of the Temple at Jerusalem, to Let us More Easily into the Glory of New Testament Truths. 'Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Isreal;--shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out hereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof.'--Ezekiel 43:10, 11 London: Printed for, and sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopgate,
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

He Does Battle for the Faith; He Restores Peace among those who were at Variance; He Takes in Hand to Build a Stone Church.
57. (32). There was a certain clerk in Lismore whose life, as it is said, was good, but his faith not so. He was a man of some knowledge in his own eyes, and dared to say that in the Eucharist there is only a sacrament and not the fact[718] of the sacrament, that is, mere sanctification and not the truth of the Body. On this subject he was often addressed by Malachy in secret, but in vain; and finally he was called before a public assembly, the laity however being excluded, in order that if it were
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh

The Promise in 2 Samuel, Chap. vii.
The Messianic prophecy, as we have seen, began at a time long anterior to that of David. Even in Genesis, we perceived [Pg 131] it, increasing more and more in distinctness. There is at first only the general promise that the seed of the woman should obtain the victory over the kingdom of the evil one;--then, that the salvation should come through the descendants of Shem;--then, from among them Abraham is marked out,--of his sons, Isaac,--from among his sons, Jacob,--and from among the twelve sons
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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