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1 Chronicles 17:8 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 17 · verse 8
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.1 Chronicles 17:8 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 17:8 in context
6Wheresoever 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?
7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8And 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.
9Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- walkedhâlakto walkH1980 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God's kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, Ch1 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15