1 Chronicles 17:26
in 1 Chronicles 17And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
KJV
And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17
Commentary
3 notes on this verseKingdom - In God's kingdom in a large and general sense. And this, as well as the former phrase, singularly belongs to the Messiah, who was not only to be the king of Israel, but also of all nations.
This site's exposition
You are God! And You have promised
on 1 Chronicles 17:26-27
The closing line changes mood, for 2 Sam 7:29 asks, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant. Chronicles states it as done: “So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant”. What the king asked for he declares true.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
12 He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֣ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אַתָּה־ | ʾatah- | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | haelohim | [are] <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ | vatedaber | and you have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֖ה | hatovah | the good thing | H2896 → | 538 times |
| הַזֹּֽאת׃ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
וְעַתָּ֣הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
יְהוָ֔הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אַתָּה־you
ʾatah-H859 →1094 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים[are] <the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וַתְּדַבֵּר֙and you have spoken
vatedaberH1696 →1141 times
עַֽל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
עַבְדְּךָ֔servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
הַטּוֹבָ֖הthe good thing
hatovahH2896 →538 times
הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 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
Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
it leads to
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- 1 Samuel 15:29
Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- 2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
- Numbers 23:19
Through
Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- 1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- Hebrews 6:17–18
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
