John Gill Commentary 1 Chronicles 26:27

"Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah." — 1 Chronicles 26:27 (ASV)

Out of the spoils won in battle did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord . When it should be built; for as yet it was not; both to repair it when necessary, and to provide sacrifices for it; or to confirm, strengthen, and animate the heart of the king to build it, so some, and put it into the power of his hands to do it; so the Romans dedicated the best of their spoil, and laid it up in the temple of Jupiter Feretrius, after the example of Romulus, their first king ^F6 ; yea, sometimes out of the spoil they erected temples, as Tarquinius Superbus ^F7 did; or repaired and ornamented them, as the temple at Delphos, and others ^F8 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: Vid. Valtrinum de re militar. Roman. l. 7. c. 21.
• F7: Flori Hist. l. 1. c. 7.
• F8: Vid. Strabo, Geograph. l. 6. p. 190. Liv. Hist. l. 10. c. 46.