1 Chronicles 17:9
in 1 Chronicles 17And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,
KJV
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I took you from the pasture
on 1 Chronicles 17:7-10
The promise to plant His people in a place of their own follows, matching 2 Sam 7:8-11. Where 2 Sam 7:11 promises David rest from all his enemies, Chronicles has “I will subdue all your enemies”. Verse 10 turns David's plan around: “the LORD will build a house for you”.
This site's exposition
I will provide a place
The promise turns from David to the whole people of Israel. The LORD will plant them in a place of their own, safe at last from the sons of wickedness. Adam Clarke refers readers to 2 Samuel 7 for the same words.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That must be his work, who is a man of war and fit for it, and he must let the building of churches be left to one that was never cut out for a soldier.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Neither shall the children of wickedness - They shall no more be brought into servitude as they were in the time they sojourned in Egypt. This is what is here referred to.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And even from the days that I commanded judges over My people Israel they did not have rest like you, for I vanquished all your enemies before you.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י | vesamti | and I will establish | H7760 → | 584 times |
| מָ֠קוֹם | makom | a place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| לְעַמִּ֨י | leami | for people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּנְטַעְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ | uneta'tihu | and I will plant it | H5193 → | |
| וְשָׁכַ֣ן | veshakhan | and it will dwell | H7931 → | |
| תַּחְתָּ֔יו | tachtav | in place its | H8478 → | 505 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִרְגַּ֖ז | yirgaz | it will be agitated | H7264 → | |
| ע֑וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יוֹסִ֤יפוּ | yosifu | they will repeat | H3254 → | 212 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַוְלָה֙ | ʾavlah | injustice | H5766 → | |
| לְבַלֹּת֔וֹ | levaloto | to consume it | H1086 → | |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ | barishonah | at the former [time] | H7223 → | 182 times |
וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יand I will establish
vesamtiH7760 →584 times
מָ֠קוֹםa place
makomH4725 →401 times
לְעַמִּ֨יfor people my
leamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּנְטַעְתִּ֙יהוּ֙and I will plant it
uneta'tihuH5193 →
וְשָׁכַ֣ןand it will dwell
veshakhanH7931 →
תַּחְתָּ֔יוin place its
tachtavH8478 →505 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יִרְגַּ֖זit will be agitated
yirgazH7264 →
ע֑וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יוֹסִ֤יפוּthey will repeat
yosifuH3254 →212 times
בְנֵי־[the] sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
עַוְלָה֙injustice
ʾavlahH5766 →
לְבַלֹּת֔וֹto consume it
levalotoH1086 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃at the former [time]
barishonahH7223 →182 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
Revelation 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- 1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
- Isaiah 35:10
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Isaiah 25:8
Through
Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
it leads to
- Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- Matthew 24:4
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- Romans 1:18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.