1 Chronicles 29:18
in 1 Chronicles 29O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;
KJV
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseKeep this for ever - All the good dispositions which myself and my people have, came from thee; continue to support and strengthen them by the same grace by which they have been inspired!
This site's exposition
all this store
on 1 Chronicles 29:16-19
The store gathered for the temple cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own, David says, repeating in verse 16 what verse 14 already confessed. Verse 17 names the ground of true giving, thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness, and David claims that his own offering and the people's were made in the uprightness of mine heart. The prayer closes at verse 19 by asking for Solomon exactly what verse 9 already found in the people, a perfect heart, so the son who will build the house first receives what his father has just seen given.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Great consequences depend upon what is innermost, and what uppermost, in the imagination of the thoughts of our heart, what we aim at and what we love to think of. If any good have got possession of our hearts, or the hearts of our friends, it is good by prayer to commit the custody of it to the grace of God: "Lord, keep it there, keep it for ever there.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, The ancestors of the Jewish nation, whose covenant God the Lord was, and who had ever been mindful of his promise to them, with respect to them their seed: keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people; let the same disposition of mind always continue in them to serve the Lord their God: and prepare their heart unto thee; incline and dispose their minds always to fear the Lord, and obey his will.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Keep this forever ... - i. e., “Preserve forever this spirit of liberal and spontaneous giving in the hearts of Thy people, and establish their hearts toward Thee.”
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱ֠לֹהֵי | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֞ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| יִצְחָ֤ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | veyisrael | and Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ | ʾavoteinu | ancestors our | H1 → | 1212 times |
| שֳׁמְרָה־ | shomrah- | keep ! | H8104 → | 468 times |
| זֹּ֣את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֔ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לְיֵ֥צֶר | leyetzer | <to> [the] inclination of | H3336 → | |
| מַחְשְׁב֖וֹת | machshevot | [the] thoughts of | H4284 → | |
| לְבַ֣ב | levav | [the] heart of | H3824 → | 252 times |
| עַמֶּ֑ךָ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְהָכֵ֥ן | vehakhen | and direct | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לְבָבָ֖ם | levavam | heart their | H3824 → | 252 times |
| אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾeleikha | to yourself | H413 → | 5510 times |
יְהוָ֗הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱ֠לֹהֵי[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אַבְרָהָ֞םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
יִצְחָ֤קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙and Israel
veyisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּancestors our
ʾavoteinuH1 →1212 times
שֳׁמְרָה־keep !
shomrah-H8104 →468 times
זֹּ֣אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
לְעוֹלָ֔םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
לְיֵ֥צֶר<to> [the] inclination of
leyetzerH3336 →
מַחְשְׁב֖וֹת[the] thoughts of
machshevotH4284 →
לְבַ֣ב[the] heart of
levavH3824 →252 times
עַמֶּ֑ךָpeople your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
וְהָכֵ֥ןand direct
vehakhenH3559 →217 times
לְבָבָ֖םheart their
levavamH3824 →252 times
אֵלֶֽיךָ׃to yourself
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 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
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 29:13
Through
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Ephesians 4:22–24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Ezekiel 11:19
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.