1 Chronicles 22:18
in 1 Chronicles 22“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Is not Jehovah your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people.
KJV
Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIs not the Lord your God with you? - “Is not the Word of the Lord your God your assistant?” - T. Hath he not given you rest on every side? - David at this time was not only king of Judea, but had also subdued most of the surrounding nations. Thus Solomon came to the Jewish throne with every possible advantage. Had he made a proper use of his state and of his talents, he would have been the greatest as well as the wisest of sovereigns. But alas! how soon did this pure gold become dim!
This site's exposition
commanded all the princes of Israel
on 1 Chronicles 22:17-19
David turns from his son to the nation's princes and commands them to help Solomon, grounding the command in what the Lord has already done: hath he not given you rest on every side, the land subdued before the Lord and before his people. Verse 19 states the seeking refrain the whole book measures every reign by, set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God, before repeating the charge to arise and build the sanctuary. The chapter that opened with David naming a house ends with a nation told to seek the one it is named for.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Is not the Lord your God with you?....
There corruption was uppermost (but the well of living water in the soul, though it may be muddied, will work itself clear again); grace here has recovered the upper hand. Preparations for the Temple. 1 Then David said, This is the house of the L ORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2471: “The Best of All—god Is With Us” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
WHILE we were reading this chapter you must all have been struck with the melting of one man's life into another. Here is David most anxious about the building of the Temple at Jerusalem—he is not permitted to erect it, himself, and, therefore, he sets to work with diligent care to gather together the gold and the silver, the brass and the iron, the timber and the stone that would be required. He also instructed the workmen who would be needed so that, when he was gone, and his son, Solomon, had ascended the throne, the Temple might be built.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2471: “The Best of All—god Is With Us” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
WHILE we were reading this chapter you must all have been struck with the melting of one man's life into another. Here is David most anxious about the building of the Temple at Jerusalem—he is not permitted to erect it, himself, and, therefore, he sets to work with diligent care to gather together the gold and the silver, the brass and the iron, the timber and the stone that would be required. He also instructed the workmen who would be needed so that, when he was gone, and his son, Solomon, had ascended the throne, the Temple might be built. Did David live in vain? Can it be truly said that he failed in the grandest project of his life? Assuredly not! He did all that he was permitted to do and, by making those elaborate preparations, he was really the means of the building of the Temple. Let every man and every woman among us judge of our life, not merely from that little narrow piece of it which we, ourselves, live, for that is but a span, but let us judge it by its connection with other lives that may come after our own! If we cannot do all we wish, let us do all we can, in the hope that someone who shall succeed us may complete the project that is so dear to our heart.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֲלֹ֨א | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | [is] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עִמָּכֶ֔ם | ʾimakhem | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וְהֵנִ֥יחַ | veheniach | and has he given rest? | H5117 → | 142 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| מִסָּבִ֑יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נָתַ֣ן | natan | he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיָדִ֗י | beyadi | in hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֥ה | venikhbeshah | and it has been subdued | H3533 → | |
| הָאָ֛רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלִפְנֵ֥י | velifnei | and <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| עַמּֽוֹ׃ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
הֲלֹ֨א¿ not
halo'H3808 →5168 times
יְהוָ֤ה[is] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙God your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
עִמָּכֶ֔םwith you
ʾimakhemH5973 →1050 times
וְהֵנִ֥יחַand has he given rest?
veheniachH5117 →142 times
לָכֶ֖םto you
lakhem
מִסָּבִ֑יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
כִּ֣י׀for
kiH3588 →4482 times
נָתַ֣ןhe has given
natanH5414 →2011 times
בְּיָדִ֗יin hand my
beyadiH3027 →1618 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֥הand it has been subdued
venikhbeshahH3533 →
הָאָ֛רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלִפְנֵ֥יand <to> before
velifneiH6440 →2123 times
עַמּֽוֹ׃people his
amoH5971 →1873 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
Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
it leads to
- Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
- Psalms 118:6
Through
2 Samuel 7:1After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
it leads to
- 1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
- 1 Kings 5:4
Through
1 Chronicles 22:9But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 4:25
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- 1 Kings 4:25
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2471: “The Best of All—god Is With Us” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.