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1 Chronicles 16:19 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 16 · verse 19
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.1 Chronicles 16:19 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:19 in context
17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
19When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
21He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strangersgûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
- fewmiçpâra number, definite or indefinite (large, innumerableH4557 →
- fewmathproperly, an adultH4962 →
- fewmᵉʻaṭa little or fewH4592 →
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We have here the thanksgiving psalm which David, by the Spirit, composed, and delivered to the chief musician, to be sung upon occasion of the public entry the ark made into the tent prepared for it. Some think he appointed this hymn to be daily used in the temple service, as duly as the day came;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-36