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1 Chronicles 17:19 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. "
1 Chronicles 17:19
Verse in Context
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And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
What can ➔ David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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1 Chronicles 17:1
"Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains."
1 Chronicles 17:2
"Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee."
1 Chronicles 17:3
"And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"
1 Chronicles 17:4
"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:"
1 Chronicles 17:5
"For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another."
1 Chronicles 17:6
"Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?"
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