Chronicles I 17:7

7 And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:

Chronicles I 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:7

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

Chronicles I 17:7 In-Context

5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been in a tabernacle and a tent,
6 in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to one tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, that ye have not built me a house of cedar?
7 And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:
8 and I was with thee in all places whither thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies from before thee, and I made for thee a name according to the name of the great ones that are upon the earth.
9 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall dwell by himself, and shall no longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer afflict him, as at the beginning,

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