1 Chronicles 29:17
in 1 Chronicles 29I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
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ASV
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
KJV
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIn this prayer he addresses God as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, a God in covenant with them and with us for their sakes. Lord, give us grace to make good our part of the covenant, that we may not forfeit the benefit of it. Or thus: they were kept in their integrity by the grace of God establishing their way; let the same grace that was sufficient for them be so for us.
This site's exposition
all this abundance that we have provided
on 1 Chronicles 29:16-19
David says that the abundance gathered for the temple is “from Your hand”, as verse 14 confessed. Verse 17 names the ground of giving, “You test the heart and delight in uprightness”. The prayer closes by asking for Solomon “a whole heart”, what verse 9 found in the people.
This site's exposition
You test the heart
David says God tests the heart and delights in uprightness. He claims an upright heart for his own gifts, and he has seen the people give with joy. Matthew Henry reads the prayer as asking that the grace which kept the fathers upright would keep this people too.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Wherefore David blessed the Lord--This beautiful thanksgiving prayer was the effusion overflowing with gratitude and delight at seeing the warm and widespread interest that was now taken in forwarding the favorite project of his life.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי | veyada'ti | and I know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֱלֹהַ֔י | ʾelohai | O God my | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַתָּה֙ | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בֹּחֵ֣ן | bochen | [are] testing | H974 → | |
| לֵבָ֔ב | levav | [the] heart | H3824 → | 252 times |
| וּמֵישָׁרִ֖ים | umeisharim | and uprightness<es> | H4339 → | |
| תִּרְצֶ֑ה | tirtzeh | you are pleased with | H7521 → | 56 times |
| אֲנִ֗י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| בְּיֹ֤שֶׁר | beyosher | in [the] uprightness of | H3476 → | |
| לְבָבִי֙ | levavi | heart my | H3824 → | 252 times |
| הִתְנַדַּ֣בְתִּי | hitnadavti | I have made a contribution | H5068 → | 17 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֔לֶּה | ʾeleh | these [things] | H428 → | 746 times |
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| עַמְּךָ֙ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַנִּמְצְאוּ־ | hanimtzeu- | who are found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| פֹ֔ה | foh | here | H6311 → | |
| רָאִ֥יתִי | raiti | I have seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה | vesimchah | with joy | H8057 → | 94 times |
| לְהִֽתְנַדֶּב־ | lehitnadev- | to make a contribution | H5068 → | 17 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | to you |
וְיָדַ֣עְתִּיand I know
veyada'tiH3045 →945 times
אֱלֹהַ֔יO God my
ʾelohaiH430 →2601 times
כִּ֤יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אַתָּה֙you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
בֹּחֵ֣ן[are] testing
bochenH974 →
לֵבָ֔ב[the] heart
levavH3824 →252 times
וּמֵישָׁרִ֖יםand uprightness<es>
umeisharimH4339 →
תִּרְצֶ֑הyou are pleased with
tirtzehH7521 →56 times
אֲנִ֗יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
בְּיֹ֤שֶׁרin [the] uprightness of
beyosherH3476 →
לְבָבִי֙heart my
levaviH3824 →252 times
הִתְנַדַּ֣בְתִּיI have made a contribution
hitnadavtiH5068 →17 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
אֵ֔לֶּהthese [things]
ʾelehH428 →746 times
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
עַמְּךָ֙people your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
הַנִּמְצְאוּ־who are found
hanimtzeu-H4672 →455 times
פֹ֔הhere
fohH6311 →
רָאִ֥יתִיI have seen
raitiH7200 →1300 times
בְשִׂמְחָ֖הwith joy
vesimchahH8057 →94 times
לְהִֽתְנַדֶּב־to make a contribution
lehitnadev-H5068 →17 times
לָֽךְ׃to you
lakh
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
1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- James 4:8–11
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Matthew 7:7–8
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…
- Jeremiah 29:13
Through
1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
it leads to
- John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- John 7:24
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.