1 Chronicles 17:3
in 1 Chronicles 17But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
KJV
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
David had settled into his palace
on 1 Chronicles 17:1-3
Chronicles opens the scene without the notice in 2 Sam 7:1 that the LORD had given David rest from all his enemies around him. It moves straight from David's “house of cedar” to the ark “under a tent”, keeping the chapter's attention on the sanctuary.
This site's exposition
that night the word of God
The correction comes the same night Nathan spoke. The word of God reaches the prophet before David can act on the answer of verse 2. Adam Clarke points to 2 Samuel 7, which tells of this night in the same terms.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִ֖י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | balaylah | in the night | H3915 → | |
| הַה֑וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| נָתָ֖ן | natan | Nathan | H5416 → | 41 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַֽיְהִ֖יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַּלַּ֣יְלָהin the night
balaylahH3915 →
הַה֑וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
וַיְהִי֙and it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
אֱלֹהִ֔יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
נָתָ֖ןNathan
natanH5416 →41 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 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 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
it leads to
- Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
- Deuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Psalms 32:8
Through
Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
it leads to
- John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
- Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- Psalms 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- John 15:15
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.
