1 Chronicles 28:7
in 1 Chronicles 28I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
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ASV
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.
KJV
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseMoreover, I will establish his kingdom for ever,.... The same is said in 2Sa 7:13. if he be constant to do my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day; if he continued in the observance of them, as he had begun, and went on in until that day; this is added here, and was not spoken by Nathan, when what goes before was; for Solomon was not then born, but must be suggested to David since, and as it should seem at this time.
This site's exposition
the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
on 1 Chronicles 28:5-7
Verse 5 alone in Scripture calls the throne of Israel “the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel”. The title returns in thought at 29:23. In Chronicles the monarchy is the LORD's own throne held in trust, so the promise can outlast every earthly king.
This site's exposition
I will establish his kingdom
The lasting kingdom now carries a condition. John Gill takes the condition as a later word to David, given after Solomon was born. John Wesley reads the promise as absolute for the Messiah and conditional for Solomon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
At this day - As he hath begun. This promise is absolute with regard to the Messiah, but conditional, with regard to Solomon. If we are constant in our duty, then and not otherwise, we may expect the continuance of his favour.
Thus he declares the decree, that the Lord had said to Solomon, as a type of Christ, Thou art my son ( Ps. ii. 7 ), the son of my love; for he was called Jedidiah, because the Lord loved him, and Christ is his beloved Son. Of him God said, as a figure of him that was to come, 1.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
If he be constant - The conditional character of the promise made to David, as to the continuance of his posterity on the Jewish throne (marginal reference; 2Sa 7:14), is now clearly declared.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲכִינוֹתִ֥י | vahakhinoti | and I will establish | H3559 → | 217 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַלְכוּת֖וֹ | malkhuto | kingdom his | H4438 → | 91 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֑ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| יֶחֱזַ֗ק | yechezak | he will be strong | H2388 → | 291 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִצְוֹתַ֥י | mitzvotai | commandments my | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י | umishpatai | and judgments my | H4941 → | 422 times |
| כַּיּ֥וֹם | kaiyom | as the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַהֲכִינוֹתִ֥יand I will establish
vahakhinotiH3559 →217 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מַלְכוּת֖וֹkingdom his
malkhutoH4438 →91 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
לְעוֹלָ֑םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
יֶחֱזַ֗קhe will be strong
yechezakH2388 →291 times
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתto observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
מִצְוֹתַ֥יcommandments my
mitzvotaiH4687 →181 times
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖יand judgments my
umishpataiH4941 →422 times
כַּיּ֥וֹםas the day
kaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 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
Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
it leads to
- Luke 1:32–33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Daniel 6:26
I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will…
- Psalms 145:13
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
- Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- Luke 1:32–33
Through
1 Chronicles 22:13Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:20
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you…
- Joshua 1:6–9
Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- 1 Chronicles 28:20
Through
1 Kings 8:61So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:4
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 11:4
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.