Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 29:1

"And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God." — 1 Chronicles 29:1 (ASV)

Furthermore. — And. David reviews his own preparations and requests the offerings of the assembly, which are cheerfully given (1 Chronicles 29:1–9).

Alone. — Of all his brothers.

Young and tender. — 1 Chronicles 22:5.

The palace (bîrâh). — This is a word specific to the books of Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel. It usually means the palace at Susa (compare the Persian word bâru, “citadel”), and this is the only passage of Scripture in which it denotes the Temple. From its august associations, the word was well calculated to convey to the minds of the chronicler’s contemporaries some idea of the magnificence of the Temple of Solomon as he imagined it.