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1 Chronicles 17:19

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 17:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “O Jehovah, for thy servant`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

O Jehovah, for thy servant`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
1 Chronicles 17:19 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
17And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant`s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
18What can David [say] yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19O Jehovah, for thy servant`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
20O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Servant's sake - In Sa2 7:21, it is, for thy words sake, for the sake of thy promise made to thy servant. 1 Chronicles 17:24”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“thy servant's: Isa 37:35, Isa 42:1, Isa 49:3, Isa 49:5, Isa 49:6; Dan 9:17 according: Mat 11:26; Eph 1:9-11, Eph 3:11 great things: Heb. greatness, Ch1 29:11, Ch1 29:12; Psa 111:3, Psa 111:6 1 Chronicles 17:20”
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