(19) To keep thy commandments . . . thy statutes.--Deuteronomy 6:17.

The palace.--1Chronicles 29:1.

And to do all these things.--And to do the whole; (scil.) of thy commandments, testimonies, and statutes (comp. 1Chronicles 22:13; 1Chronicles 28:7), or, to carry out all my designs.

For the which I have made provision.--Which I have prepared (scil.) to build (1Chronicles 28:2).

Verse 19. - For the palace, see ver. 1.

29:10-19 We cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple, and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and silver were employed. But the unsearchable riches of Christ exceed the splendour of the temple, infinitely more than that surpassed the meanest cottage on earth. Instead of boasting of these large oblations, David gave solemn thanks to the Lord. All they gave for the Lord's temple was his own; if they attempted to keep it, death would soon have removed them from it. They only use they could make of it to their real advantage, was, to consecrate it to the service of Him who gave it.And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,.... All the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, even to observe them cordially and sincerely:

and to do all those things; he had suggested to him particularly:

and to build the palace for the which I have made provision; as before declared.