David can't build the temple himself, but spends this entire chapter stockpiling materials and giving Solomon detailed instructions for what to do once he's able to start. Planning something he'll never personally see finished gets treated here as it...
Practical & Devotional<b>is young and tender</b> נַעַר, because even one [who is] forty-two years old is called נַעַר, for it is written: (Exod. 33:11): “... and his young (נַעַר) servant, Joshua the son of Nun, did not depart, etc.,” for Joshua reigned after Moses only t...
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