1 Chronicles 29:18
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LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.
Read 1 Chronicles 29:18 Using Other Translations
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.
“O LORD, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.
What does 1 Chronicles 29:18 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
1 Chronicles
29:18
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our
fathers,
&c:] The ancestors of the Jewish nation, whose covenant God
the Lord was, and who had ever been mindful of his promise to
them, with respect to them their seed:
keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of
the heart of
thy people;
let the same disposition of mind always continue in them to serve
the Lord their God:
and prepare their heart unto thee;
incline and dispose their minds always to fear the Lord, and obey
his will.
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