building may be introduced. The ל before each word serves to bring the thing once more into prominence; cf. Ew. §310, a. “As for the gold, it cannot be numbered.” “Arise and be doing! and Jahve be with thee” (1Ch 22:17-19).
Verses 17-19
1Ch 22:17-19Exhortation to the princes of Israel to assist in the building of the temple. - David supports his exhortation by calling to remembrance the proofs of his favour which the Lord had showed His people. The speech in 1Ch 22:18 is introduced without לאמר, because it is clear from the preceding דויד ויצו that the words are spoken by David: “The Lord has given you peace round about; for He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subdued before Jahve and before His people.” The subdued land is Canaan: the inhabitants of the land are, however, not the Israelites over whom the Lord had set David as king, for the words בּידי נתן cannot apply to them, cf. 1Ch 14:10., Jos 2:24; it is the Canaanites still left in the land in the time of David, and other enemies, who, like the Philistines, possessed
