1 Chronicles 17:19

19 LORD. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.

1 Chronicles 17:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
ESV
19 For your servant's sake, O LORD, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
NLT
19 For the sake of your servant, O LORD, and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known.
MSG
19 O God, out of the goodness of your heart, you've taken your servant to do this great thing and put your great work on display.
CSB
19 Lord, You have done all this greatness, making known all these great [promises] because of Your servant and according to Your will.

1 Chronicles 17:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:19

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

1 Chronicles 17:19 In-Context

17 And as if this were not enough in your sight, my God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You, LORD God, have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men.
18 “What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant,
19 LORD. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.
20 “There is no one like you, LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
21 And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Samuel 7:16-17; 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 55:3
  • 2. S 2 Samuel 7:25
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