1 Chronicles 16:14-18

14 He is the LORD our God; ¹his judgments are in all the earth.

15 Remember his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

16 the covenant ²that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,

17 which ³he confirmed as a statute to Jacob, as an everlasting covenant to Israel,

18 saying, ⁴"To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance."

1 Chronicles 16:14-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 16

This chapter relates that David offered sacrifices when the ark was brought into his city, 1Ch 16:1-3 who were the singers he appointed to sing before it continually, 1Ch 16:4-6 and the song he that day composed and delivered to them to sing, 1Ch 16:7-36 and that he appointed not only proper persons to minister before the ark, but also before the tabernacle at Gibeon, 1Ch 16:37-43.

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Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 26:9
• 2. Genesis 17:2; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 28:13; [Luke 1:73]
• 3. Genesis 35:11, 12
• 4. Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18-21