1-Chronicles - 22:16



16 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may Yahweh be with you."

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 22:16.

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In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.
of the gold, the silver, and the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may the LORD be with you.'
with gold and silver, and with brass and iron, of which there is no number. Therefore, rise up and act. And the Lord will be with you."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. (h) Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
(h) That is, go about it quickly.

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron,.... That is, the cunning artificers were skilful to work in each of these, some in gold and silver, others in brass and iron:
there is no number; either of the workmen, or of these materials; which yet must be restrained to the brass and iron, for the gold and silver are numbered, but not the brass and iron, 1-Chronicles 22:14,
arise therefore, and be doing: not that he should set about and begin the building the temple directly; but as soon as he could after he came to the throne, and not neglect and delay it:
and the Lord be with thee; as in 1-Chronicles 22:11 and here, as there, the Targum is,"may the Word of the Lord be thy help.''

Be doing - When thou shalt come to the throne. The sense of God's presence must not slacken our endeavours; because he is with us, we must rise and be doing. Then he will be with us even to the end. Work out your salvation, and God will work in you.

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