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1 Chronicles 16:19

in 1 Chronicles 16

When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

KJV

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 16

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

few in number, few indeed, and strangers

on 1 Chronicles 16:19-22

The LORD “rebuked kings on their behalf”, warning “Do not touch My anointed ones” and “Do no harm to My prophets”. Adam Clarke takes the anointed as the patriarchs themselves, who held a royal and priestly rank under God before Israel had a throne. The lines parallel Ps 105:12-15.

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙when were you

    bihyotkhemH1961 →3559 times

  • מְתֵ֣יmen of

    meteiH4962 →

  • מִסְפָּ֔רnumber

    misparH4557 →134 times

  • כִּמְעַ֖טlike a few

    kimatH4592 →

  • וְגָרִ֥יםand sojourners

    vegarimH1481 →

  • בָּֽהּ׃in it

    bah

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:13

    All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 39:12

      Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

    • Genesis 23:4

      “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

    • Hebrews 11:27

      By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

    • Hebrews 11:39

      These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

    • Romans 8:24

      For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 7:7

    The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 10:22

      Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

    • Romans 9:11–15

      Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

  • Through

    Acts 7:5

    He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 17:8

      And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.