1 Chronicles 16:26
in 1 Chronicles 16For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens.
KJV
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 16
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd again, in another prophecy, the Spirit of prophecy, through the same David, intimated that Christ, after He had been crucified, should reign, and spoke as follows: "Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and day by day declare His salvation. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols of devils; but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before His face, strength and glorying are in the habitation of His holiness. Give Glory to the Lord, the Father everlasting.
This site's exposition
For all the gods of the nations are idols
on 1 Chronicles 16:26-27
The psalm states the difference: “all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens”. The lines “Splendor and majesty are before Him” and “strength and joy fill His dwelling” use courtly language for the ark's tent. The pairing belongs to Ps 96:4-6.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | ʾelohei | [the] gods of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הָעַמִּים֙ | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֱלִילִ֔ים | ʾelilim | [are] worthless idols | H457 → | |
| וַיהוָ֖ה | vayahweh | and Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שָׁמַ֥יִם | shamayim | [the] heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| עָשָֽׂה׃ | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] gods of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
הָעַמִּים֙the peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
אֱלִילִ֔ים[are] worthless idols
ʾelilimH457 →
וַיהוָ֖הand Yahweh
vayahwehH3068 →6520 times
שָׁמַ֥יִם[the] heavens
shamayimH8064 →421 times
עָשָֽׂה׃he made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to…
it leads to
- Isaiah 45:12
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 48:13
Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Jeremiah 10:12
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Zechariah 12:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man…
- Isaiah 45:12
Through
Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
it leads to
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath…
- Genesis 1:1
Through
Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
it leads to
- Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to…
- Isaiah 42:5
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Justin Martyr, The First Apology, Chapters XLI-XLII; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
