1 Chronicles 17:10

1 Chronicles 17:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the Lord will build you a house.
• New Living Translation (NLT)starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will defeat all your enemies. “‘Furthermore, I declare that the Lord will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!

Context of 1 Chronicles 17:10

8I 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. 9And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. “ ‘I declare to you that the Lord will build a house for you: 11When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

1 Chronicles 17:10 word by word

וּלְמִיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוִּ֤יתִי שֹֽׁפְטִים֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהִכְנַ֖עְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אוֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וָאַגִּ֣ד לָ֔ךְ וּבַ֖יִת יִֽבְנֶה־לְּךָ֥ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And since the timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that I commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• over my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Moreover I will subdueכָּנַעkâna‛ · be humbleH3665
• all thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• Furthermore I tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• thee that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• thee an houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 17:10

• Judges 2:14In his anger against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
• Judges 3:8The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.
• Judges 4:3Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
• Judges 6:3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.
• 1 Samuel 13:5The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.
• Psalms 18:40You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
• Psalms 21:8Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
• Psalms 89:23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
• Psalms 110:1The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
• Exodus 1:21And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
• 2 Samuel 7:11and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. “ ‘The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you:
• Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 17:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-14David wanted to build a temple for the Lord. Instead, the Lord promised to build a dynasty for David. Creating David's eternal dynasty was key to God's plan to establish his rule on earth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. at the beginning, and since the time that I commanded judges--that is, including the whole period from Joshua to Saul. I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house--This was the language of Nathan himself, who was specially directed to assure David, not only of personal blessing and prosperity, but of a continuous line of royal descendants.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 17:10

• David
• Nathan

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Settle
• Subdue
• Accommodation
• Build; Building
• Chronicles, Books of
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Jehoshaphat (2)
• Nathan (1)

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