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1 Chronicles 17:8
8I have been with you everywhere that you have gone. I destroyed all your enemies that were attacking you. Now I will make you famous. Your name will be as great as the names of the earth's greatest men.
1 Chronicles 17:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
Context of 1 Chronicles 17:8
6I have moved about to many different places with the Israelites. I chose leaders to take care of my people, like shepherds take care of their sheep. But I never said to any of them, ‘You should have built a beautiful house of cedar wood for me.’ ” 7So tell my servant David that the Lord Almighty says this: “I took you from the fields where you were taking care of sheep. I took you from there to become the ruler of my people Israel. I have been with you everywhere that you have gone. I destroyed all your enemies that were attacking you. Now I will make you famous. Your name will be as great as the names of the earth's greatest men. 9I have chosen a place where my people Israel will live. I have put them in that place, were they can be safe. They will not be afraid of trouble from any enemy. Wicked people will not hurt them any more. That happened in the past, 10from the time that I chose leaders to rule my people Israel. But now I will cause all your enemies to be weak. I say to you, David: the Lord will give you descendants who will rule as kings after you. That will be the royal house that I build for you.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 171 Chronicles 17:8 word by word
וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה עִמְּךָ֗ בְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֔כְתָּ וָאַכְרִ֥ית אֶת־כָּל־אוֹיְבֶ֖יךָ מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתִֽי לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֔ם כְּשֵׁ֥ם הַגְּדוֹלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- and have cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- all thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- thee, and have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- thee a nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- of the great menגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:8
- 1 Chronicles 17:2Nathan replied to David, ‘Do what you think is right. God will help you.’
- Genesis 28:15I am with you. I will take care of you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised to do for you.’
- 1 Samuel 18:14David won all his fights because the Lord was with him.
- 2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you everywhere that you have gone. I destroyed all your enemies that were attacking you. Now I will make you famous. Your name will be as great as the names of the earth's greatest men.
- 2 Samuel 8:6David put groups of his soldiers in Damascus to be guards over the Syrian people. So the Syrians were now under David's authority and they paid taxes to him. The Lord helped David to win all the battles that he fought.
- Psalms 46:7The Lord Almighty is there to help us. The God of Jacob keeps us safe. Selah.
- 1 Samuel 26:10I know that the Lord himself will kill Saul one day. Saul may die when he has reached the age to die. Or someone may kill him in a battle. He will certainly come to his end.
- 1 Samuel 31:1The Philistines fought against the Israelites. The Israelites ran away, and the Philistines killed many of them on Gilboa mountain.
- 2 Samuel 22:1David wrote this song when the Lord saved him from the power of his enemies when Saul was king.
- Psalms 18:1I love you, Lord. You make me strong.
- 1 Chronicles 7:17Ulam's son was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead. Gilead was the son of Makir and Makir was Manasseh's son.
- 2 Samuel 8:13After that, David's army won a battle in the Valley of Salt against 18,000 Edomites. David became very famous because of that.
- Ezra 4:20In the past, powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and all the region west of the Euphrates river. They received many kinds of taxes from the people there.
- Psalms 71:21You will make me great again, so that people respect me. You will turn back to me, so that I feel strong.
- Psalms 75:7God is the one who judges people. He decides who to bring down and who to lift up.
- Psalms 113:7He lifts poor people out of the dirt. And he lifts up weak people from the ashes.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:8
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15David wanted to build a home for the ark as grand as his palace, but the Lord chose David’s heir, Solomon (1 Chronicles 22), to build the temple. Jerusalem was to be the only place of worship for all Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101Ch 17:1-10. David Forbidden to Build God a House. 1. as David sat in his house--The details of this chapter were given in nearly similar terms (2Sa 7:1-29). The date was towards the latter end of David's reign, for it is expressly said in the former book to have been at the cessation of all his wars. But as to narrate the preparations for the removal of the ark and the erection of the temple was the principal object of the historian, the exact chronology…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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