Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 5:3

3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the Name of the LORD his God , for the wars which were about him on every side , until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet .

By common fame, and by particular information.

i. e. Either, First, For the Worship and Service of God, 1 King. 3. 2. Or, Secondly, For the Lord himself, as that Phrase is used Deut. 28. 58. Psal. 20. 1. and 52. 9.

Which diverted his cares and thoughts to other things, and withal occasioned Gods denial of the honour of that work to him.

i. e. Made them subject to him, that he might trample upon them at his pleasure. Compare Psal. 8. 6. 1 Cor. 15. 27.

Marginal references: 1 Chr. 22. 8.