1 Chronicles 17:10

10 when I appointed judges over my people Israel. I'll subdue all your enemies and make you great. As for a dynasty, the LORD will build one for you!

1 Chronicles 17:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:10

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

1 Chronicles 17:10 In-Context

8 I've been with you wherever you've gone. I've eliminated all your enemies before you. Now I will make your name great—like the name of the greatest people on earth.

9 I'm going to provide a place for my people Israel, and plant them so that they may live there and no longer be disturbed. Cruel people will no longer trouble them as they did earlier,

10 when I appointed judges over my people Israel. I'll subdue all your enemies and make you great. As for a dynasty, the LORD will build one for you!

11 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up a descendant of yours after you, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingship.

12 He is the one who will build me a temple, and I will establish his throne forever.

Footnotes

• [a] Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, house